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You Can't Smoke Dandelions (Take 2)
For many, many reasons.
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Nick Rynerson
The Jungle
I stepped off my front porch into a dark rainforest that had not been there yesterday. The air was thick with moisture and mosquitoes that had not been…
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Nick Rynerson
Slow Summer Dust
It's entirely too dry. The dust is coming. If only we hadn't uprooted the whole prairie to plant corn and soybeans.
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Nick Rynerson
In Pontiac
Chief Pontiac never visited Pontiac, Illinois. The myths of Americana are better that way.
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Nick Rynerson
The Jungle
Or, the eruption of a previously dry Spring.
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Nick Rynerson
Violets in the Kitchen
Nature has a way of coming through the cracks in the door. She welcomes herself uninvited, having her way with the gardens. This gives me a choice…
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Nick Rynerson
Before a Needed Spring Rain
Everything is quiet and beautiful, but the tension in my spine is coming from the whole planet's soul that is twisted up tight, wound and charged to…
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Nick Rynerson
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