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A reality of their own
Hello friends— A few weeks ago I received a message from a writer who I admire so much I had to do a doublecheck. But it was true—Katherine May had…
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Freya Rohn
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Waxwing lanterns
Hello friends—I’m sharing a favorite post from the archive this week, as I work on a few more things this week and next. Waxwings have arrived in flocks…
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Freya Rohn
16
In the grimlins
As I write, today is the first day past the solstice—that moment of suspension, of the sun at its highest point in the northern hemisphere, surveying…
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Freya Rohn
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The timid hares throw daylight fears away*
on unexpected offerings
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Freya Rohn
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In the name of the breeze...
As I write this, a moose has been bedded down outside our kitchen deck for a few hours this morning. Her eyes closed slightly, amazing, thick velvet…
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Freya Rohn
30
Fata Morgana
It’s easy to forget you live near a coastline in Anchorage. Inland channels fill to shallow depths by centuries-ground glacial silt, so fine it’s called…
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Freya Rohn
19
Bringing in the May
Hello friends—and welcome to new subscribers! This is just a small interlude, as it’s soon May, and the wakening spring here is (finally) becoming…
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Freya Rohn
20
At the back of the north wind
Dear Friends— As I write, sandhill cranes are making their arrival known, their rattle-cool calls sounding with the newly arrived geese. Despite the…
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Freya Rohn
19
Some kind of sun
We woke this morning to snow outlining every branch of the birches, cottonwoods. A light dusting, holding on in the morning hours, to melt without drama…
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Freya Rohn
12
Spring in a high latitude
arrives with wings
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Freya Rohn
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Echoes in both directions
finding voice in between
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Freya Rohn
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To have great faith in a seed
Hello friends—I’ve been setting aside the past week or so to focus on submitting poems to journals, which always takes more time than I ever seem to…
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Freya Rohn
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