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[2023 chapbook by Bill Griffin]
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We Never Give Up Hoping
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Morning frozen hard. Pour
++++ boiling water
into the birdbath;
++++ they will come
to drink when I have gone.
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++++ God of holy ice, holy
++++ ++++ steam,
++++ give my children
++++ ++++ water
++++ that all my hoping
++++ ++++ can’t.
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Sound of wings, splash
++++ diminishing;
find the world again
++++ iced over.
Fill the kettle. Holy water.
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Bill Griffin
from How We All Fly, The Orchard Street Press. Gates Mills, OH, © 2023
originally published in Quiet Diamonds
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Join me in celebrating the release this month of my newest chapbook, How We All Fly, from The Orchard Street Press.
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Poet Patricia Hooper describes the collection: “Through close observations of the physical world, these clear, direct poems yield insights into the corresponding life of the spirit.” And Rebecca Baggett says this: “Throughout these poems, but particularly toward the collection’s end, How We All Fly leads the reader up and onward, infusing even inevitable losses with tenderness, trust, and hope.”
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Patricia Hooper is author of Wild Persistence, University of Tampa Press.
Rebecca Baggett’s most recent book is The Woman Who Lives Without Money, Regal House Publishing.
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Thank you for your support, both of the writing you discover here and of the literary arts!
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You may purchase a copy of How We All Fly directly from me by mailing a check for $15 (postage included) to this address:
++++++ 131 Bon Aire Rd.
++++++ Elkin, NC 28621
Please make your check payable to Bill Griffin.
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If you would prefer to pay via PayPal, please contact me for transaction details at: comments@griffinpoetry.com
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V E R S E and I M A G E 
Wow! and wonderful, congratulations Bill!
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Thanks, Friend. And many thanks to editor Jack Kristofco at Orchard Street. —B
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Mazel tov, dear friend! Appropriate words from Becky Baggett, “tenderness, trust, and hope.” That’s you all over!
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You’re very kind, Friend. I’ll be sharing with you soon! —B
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I look forwsrd to reading How We All Fly.. I know I will find the tenderness, trust, and hope on every page.
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Thanks way much, Les. I’ll look forward to your impressions. —B
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Congratulations! I enjoy your work, I look forward to reading your new collection! Holy water!!
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Bless you. —B
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Many congratulations, Sir Bill. Well-deserved recognition.
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Thanks, Friend. —B
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Wonderful, Brother Poet! Beautiful, clear, sacred imagery! Looking forward to getting your book! ❤️
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Deep thanks, Regina. See you in a few weeks at NCMoA! —B
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Congratulations, Bill! I’ll look forward to reading your chapbook, as a fellow friend of birds and poetry.
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