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Scott Cairns
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Poet. Librettist. Essayist. Slow pilgrim.
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It Remains Forbidden
—after Pablo Neruda
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June 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Yet One Clearing: A Late Preference
new poem
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May 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Yo!

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Corresponding with the Dead
Why you need to reply to the poets of old
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May 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Inkwell on Substack
“Corresponding with the Dead.” New essay from @Scott Cairns dropping this Thursday, May 22.
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May 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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New Substack post:

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Not So Much Questions of Travel
Is it lack of imagination that makes us come to imagined places, not just stay at home? —Elizabeth Bishop
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May 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Poetry Reading with Scott Cairns
Please join us for an evening of poetry and conversation with writer Scott Cairns. We will gather at Dottie’s Ranch, Upper House's retreat center near the Town of Oregon, to enjoy hors d'oeuvres and b...
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May 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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We must insist that ICE agents and all other law officers refuse illegal orders. How to begin?
May 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Further Correspondence
—After Τζένη Μαστοράκη
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May 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Remind Me
—a foretaste of Pascha
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April 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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and a bit more from Dear Popescu
epistles to a lost brother
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April 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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yet more from Dear Popescu!
I was delighted to see my modest stack—which generally receives but 400 or so viewers on a good day—received gracious viewing from more than 2100 of you yesterday. Therefore, more from Dear Popescu.
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March 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Whitworth Writers Workshop
New life for the SPU low-res MFA program, now concluding
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March 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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A little something from my Substack thang.

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The Past, Its Presence, Prelude to a Prayer
from _Makarios_, my collection-in-progress
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March 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Any minute now, Trump or Musk—or any of the apologists for the current leaderless policy crapshoot—is going to say some version of “let them eat cake,” and that’s when the real revolution begins.
March 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Preparation for the Lenten Journey
—further assistance from Saint Isaak the Syrian
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March 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Food for the Lenten journey.

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Wisdom cries out....
On this first Tuesday of Lent, some timely wisdom from Proverbs. Also additional wisdom from Saint Isaak the Syrian.
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March 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Something for Forgiveness Sunday.

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Justice and Mercy
(from Saint Isaak's Ascetical Homilies, Homily 4)
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March 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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New iteration of our SPU low-res MFA at Whitworth University:

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MFA in Creative Writing | Whitworth University
Choose from fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry or spiritual writing and develop your craft in Whitworth's low-residency MFA in Creative Writing program.
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February 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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The Democratic State
—After Kavafy [Κ.Π. ΚΑΒΑΦΗΣ]
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February 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Join the resistance, eh?

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Writers for Democratic Action
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February 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Today’s addition to Substack, more from “Dear Popescu.”

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more from Dear Popescu
another of my epistles to Cristian Popescu
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February 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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February 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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A cranky little verse essay, with my apologies. 😳

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February 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Yo. Please subscribe/share/restack if you’re able, and pleased to do so.

This new one is dedicated to our very insane moment.

“Creatures of Resentment”

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February 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Saint Isaak’s words to help us not to be distracted.

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February 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM