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After a Summer Storm

By Lawrence Dugan August 12, 2021

Chaos and rocking nature yield . . .

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A View of Villanova

By Lawrence Dugan July 15, 2021

The crow and his vassals survey the dumpster . . .

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Crossing the Park at Night

By Lawrence Dugan July 9, 2020

I started across Central Park one summer night…

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A Fragment of a Sermon in St. Patrick’s

By Lawrence Dugan November 7, 2019

Something distracted me; and then I heard the old monsignor describe one headline that he would never forget: Goodbye, Paul . . .

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When Pipers Remembered Babylon

By Lawrence Dugan June 6, 2019

‘Nebuchadnezzar’s statue stood, About as high as a false god could. The three were left with little choice. Silence after the herald’s voice.’

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Poetry

By Lawrence Dugan November 29, 2018

Panpsychism (believed in by those who know what particle physics is but are uneasy with “Big Bang” as a search term) has its limits I suspect…

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Poetry

By Lawrence Dugan July 26, 2018

I thought red-winged blackbirds were rare…

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Poetry

By Lawrence Dugan October 2, 2017

LOOKING EAST A Yes or No answer, black or white, is Not found staring at the ocean, much as The sea magnetizes our attention. It holds us more completely than we feel It does, the ...

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Poetry

By Lawrence Dugan February 6, 2017

AT THE CHAPEL OF THE PINK SISTERS The crosses on the convent roofs Gleam sharply as the sun comes up. — Wallace Stevens, “Botanist on Alp (No. 2)” The March wind blows past the ...

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Poetry

By Lawrence Dugan May 23, 2016

THE SS NORMANDIE Confiscated from Vichy France, she sat In the Hudson for months until the fire. The smoke was so thick over midtown, rumors Spread the Japanese had attacked New York. The old transatlantic ...