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Hey friend hope your doing well on this Wednesday. I'm Earl Johnson Chee from Arizona it's been raining a lot here in the Sonoran desert. I also know the Rez where I'm from has been getting lots of snow. The Yei bi che's way of saying Au Revior - French for see you later. Hagoshi. Until we meet again.

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Indian author Tommy Orange?

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Got me choked up, these are a beautiful ode to Seattle. Absolutely brought back memories of my early years at the UW, nearly a decade ago. Thank you for depicting so poignantly the blessings that linger in the often maligned and misunderstood persistent drizzle. I myself began to love the rain too as the years passed, because like a ritual call to prayer it punctuated my days with some sense of routine and expectation.

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These are beautiful, poignant, ineffably sad and yet infused with hope. Thank you.

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Thank you for bringing back to memories of my brief visit to Seattle. I loved looking at the overcast skies and the gigantic ship behind pike place. ❤️

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what a great title!

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Tiny Violin was a sweet, sad song for the grief of small things today ❤️

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You could also move to Vienna… plenty of rain.

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I'm not normally a fan of poetry, but I subscribed immediately. Seattle and rain 🌧 vibes just hit instantly. 🖤

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Reading this makes we want to read more poetry ❤️

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Satisfying, whole and succinct- like a beautiful boiled sweet!

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Just beautiful

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The sunny days are sunnier!

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Mar 13Liked by Sherman Alexie

I can't think of anyone more adept at the combination of (a) making me cry and (b) making me laugh and (c) making me think. Thank you.

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all of these are wonderful !

especially fell for . . . .

"let's fold

together

and become one

thrumming wing."

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very nice. thanks

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