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Peacemaker Newsletter (April 8th, 2025)

Apr 08, 2025
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Ornate Chorus Frog (Pseudacris ornata) by Peter Paplanus, CC
April

I wanted to speak at length about
The happiness of my body and the
Delight of my mind for it was
April, a night, a full moon and-

But something in myself for maybe
From somewhere other said: not too
Many words, please, in the muddy shallows the

Frogs are singing.

- Mary Oliver, from Swan: Poems an…
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