exquisite poetry

julie is a fellow earlhamite, 

and although our time at earlham overlapped,

i did not know her.

but i heard garrison keeler read some of her poems 

on the writer's almanac a while back,

and i recently ordered her book.

i was stunned by her work.

it took my breath away.

she and her college sweetie were married for 23 years

before she lost him to multiple myeloma.

her writing is full of grace and beauty.

here's a sample.

sometimes poetry is my spirit salve.