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Little Testament

Morri Creech

Sure as that first command which strung the light like thread onto a loom to stitch the finished tapestry of sight, he flips a switch and instantly the room...

Goldfinch

Morri Creech

Carel Fabritius. 1654, oil on panel, 35.2 cm. x 22.8 cm. The bird is fiction though the paint is real” the paint, that is, of the original. This one’s...

Birch Trees in Sunlight

Morri Creech

Though the clear morning stood composed”cloud, dew, and leaf, the whole shimmering wood” now it all seems past belief. We know what happened. How a man came with his...