20Aug 2026 Marie Higgins

Y SWIM

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The sidewalk salt broke solid ice Around an uncommon togetherness With a respectable indoor pool Where I escape from winter In waters warm enough A humungous airy room With side-stacked... Read More
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Good for the soul anytime of year. – mh clay

30May 2026 Marie Higgins

SHE WAS IN THE MIDDLE

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the phone kept ringing but she was in the middle where she wanted cake with all the swirls like diamonds vacationing on white sand and seagulls wrapped around her fingers... Read More
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A middle to stay and end. – mh clay

25Feb 2026 Marie Higgins

OUTTA BED AND RUNNING

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“Sorry, I don’t speak until… gulp a cuppa puff up the long lungs spritz zee nose swallow submarine shape weather wonder dress to match it dog stride more brew pray... Read More
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As soon a you’re uppa, start with that cuppa. – mh clay

30Nov 2025 Marie Higgins

SUMMER OF GRACE

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How I want to behave It’s a consideration But stress blows me Elsewhere When I can Grounding myself Entreating God To help me Knowing will do it Because it’s spring... Read More
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Grace in summer for warmth in winter. – mh clay

1Oct 2025 Marie Higgins

SECOND NATURE

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In St. Louis where my father drove a sky-blue Chevy Suburban to cousin Larry’s farm in Mascoutah for a half-a-side of beef to fill our downstairs freezer with oxtail, chuck... Read More
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We’re all branches from some family’s tree. – mh clay

7Sep 2025 Marie Higgins

I PRETENDED I HAD NEVER

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been outside before for the purpose of being born anew I pretended I had never seen an eagle soar for the purpose of feeling free again I pretended I had... Read More
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What have YOU never? Pretend you have. – mh clay

19Jul 2025 Marie Higgins

Buried Deep

It was so different from what she'd imagined. It was better. A tiny house on three acres of land overlooking Goose Cove in Trenton, Maine. Good thing she stole that blowup paddle board from an empty camp along the way there four years ago. This way she could take the... Read More
14Jun 2025 Marie Higgins

SABBATH

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Once I understood how blue laws didn’t account for worship on other days I came to understand truths for myself One: grown but not gone children leave their footprint in... Read More
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Easier to count on your own accountability. – mh clay

3May 2025 Marie Higgins

Social Creatures

There she was again standing in front of the cage. She took a deep breath before she opened it. No matter how many times she cleaned the inside, Nancy was forever afraid of being scratched or worse. She knew to wear her long-sleeved lab coat, the one she kept over... Read More
19Mar 2025 Marie Higgins

DANCE-DANCE

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Night-night stars It’s almost day-day You go to sleep-sleep Let children play-play G’day sun-sun Give us your light-light Mamas & papas run-run Work up an appetite Fly-fly bird-bird Gather-gather Strings... Read More
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As Spring springs, yes-yes! – mh clay