Nice idealized version, with all three of our kids little again. On my very best days, perhaps, within shouting distance of reality. On others, however:
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- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Here’s an image inspired by your postings on X, Paul (@Poeticise). Drawing from your micropoetry on contradictions and depth (“Life is hard, it / Gives us depth, and / From the depth, comes / Our gentleness”), your self-description as an old street kid & crazy poet with an avid interest in tribalism, your nods to Rimbaud/Voltaire, and the recurring themes of dogma, noise, silence, and remembering what’s forgotten—I envisioned this: