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Tense as midnight / Taut as skin / Rippling with unseen breath

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  • Post author:January River
  • Post category:Poetry
  • Post published:April 21, 2026

Still Life, Pond in Autumn

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Kieran sat unmoving in his equally motionless kayak, the bright yellow plastic divided in two perfect halves by the mirror of the water’s surface.

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  • Post author:January River
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  • Post published:November 4, 2025

Catch and Release

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The fishing hole looked almost too good to be true. The current would slowly carry the lure right past the submerged trunk, where hungry fish might be hiding. “Catch and release,” Brent muttered…

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  • Post author:January River
  • Post category:Prose
  • Post published:July 29, 2025

reservoir

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Here on Maple Street 
the blacktop grade is off 
a few degrees…

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  • Post author:January River
  • Post category:Poetry
  • Post published:June 17, 2025

stuck

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February: mired…

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  • Post author:January River
  • Post category:Poetry
  • Post published:February 18, 2025
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