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Author: Patricia McKernon Runkle

Patricia McKernon Runkle's writing explores loss, healing, and the unexpected. Her most recent book is To the You Who Used to Be: Poems on Dementia and Wholeness (Shanti Arts Publishing, 2024).
rainforest entering me the quiet
Posted on 10 June 20146 June 2014Author Patricia McKernon RunkleCategories Issue 14.16 Comments on
  conversation with my daughter a ribbon of honey in my tea  
Posted on 10 May 201628 April 2016Author Patricia McKernon RunkleCategories Issue 16.18 Comments on
all hallows’ eve my skeleton awaits its night out
Posted on 2 June 201630 May 2016Author Patricia McKernon RunkleCategories Issue 16.18 Comments on
the soft knocking of my pulse on his pillow . . . valentine?s eve    
Posted on 3 January 20183 January 2018Author Patricia McKernon RunkleCategories Issue 17.23 Comments on
morning news the rising shriek of the kettle
Posted on 8 April 20197 April 2019Author Patricia McKernon RunkleCategories Issue 19.18 Comments on
nightmare unhinged all night the banging shutter  
Posted on 31 October 201928 October 2019Author Patricia McKernon RunkleCategories Issue 19.25 Comments on
the last song I sing her the lullaby she taught me  
Posted on 15 May 202327 April 2023Author Patricia McKernon RunkleCategories Issue 23.111 Comments on
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