Cairns

Young Santa

"A saint of poetry"

Aug 31 • 

Joe Deany-Braun

4

1

Sudden clarities of light and leaves

“The thing is so obvious it takes constant attention to keep it in mind”

Aug 11 • 

Joe Deany-Braun

3

July 2025

What is a career?

Career, from Latin carrus, “wheeled circle.” It has the mouthfeel of carousel, that mundane zodiac; it intimates our progressive distance from the…

Jul 22 • 

Joe Deany-Braun

6

5

Restoring the intellect to the body

A book buyer's advice to authors, part two

Jul 14 • 

Joe Deany-Braun

3

Reading is a contact sport

"We are being battered by ideas, and we are changing."

Jul 4 • 

Joe Deany-Braun

4

1

June 2025

Santa holds your invisible hand

Vow poem II

Jun 20 • 

Joe Deany-Braun

5

Beneath the surface of our personalities

A craftsman, gardener, and father on the art of reading in public

Jun 13 • 

Rico Lighthouse

 and 

Joe Deany-Braun

6

Navigating the multiverse of the market

A book buyer's advice to authors, part one

Jun 3 • 

Joe Deany-Braun

7

7

May 2025

The cold open space of a light blue

Vow poem I

May 19 • 

Joe Deany-Braun

6

1

A dangerous promise of space and light

"I do sometimes wonder if we are subsumed in something much larger than our senses can perceive"

May 7 • 

Joe Deany-Braun

6

April 2025

Dreaming the same strange dream over and over

The animal of the voice echoes in the valley of the mind

Apr 18 • 

Jason Hardung

 and 

Joe Deany-Braun

12

2

On the threshold of no fear

We are alone, we are full, we are surrounded

Apr 4 • 

Joe Deany-Braun

14