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A few weeks ago, I took a trip to Mexico. 

I can’t claim to have had a love affair with picture books when I was a boy. We read them, or at least my mother recalls falling asleep halfway through, but my parents weren’t really bookish types.

Do you ever wonder what you’ll be when you grow up? Or how others might be feeling? Wouldn’t it be fun to peek at the answers?

A man and a lion once found a stone statue depicting an athlete strangling one of those giant cats. The man said, “We humans are the strongest creatures on earth!” The lion answered, “If we lions could sculpt, the statue would tell an...

The blushed syllable it wore 
with its whole body,
tawny rose-hip orb
of antique origin,

I was visiting my grandparents in the old house…
“We should have some cake after dinner.”
“You need to think about your heart.”

Now it is night again, child on my chest.
I croon & my song drifts you toward rest.

It was a lovely day, Bridget thought, a lovely day to spend with friends.

When your four-year-old begins talking incessantly about death, there are a few tactics for dealing with it. One is curiosity. Why do you want to die? Why do you hope you die today? Why do you love to die? Why do you want to kill yourself?...