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Michael L Umphrey

Fire Up Your Engine and Celebrate Earth Day!

Take a Drive Through Nature

Apr 22, 2023

Fire Up Your Engine and Celebrate Earth Day!

Apr 22, 2023

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Morning on the Skagit River

“Rivers flow not past, but through us; tingling, vibrating, exciting every cell and fiber in our bodies, making them sing and glide.“

Mar 15, 2023

Morning on the Skagit River

Mar 15, 2023

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The Gift

I make annual trips to the Skagit River in western Washington when eagles gather for the salmon spawn. This year, my first day was a bust…

Mar 15, 2023

The Gift

Mar 15, 2023

San Diego, 1972 (poem)

from The Lit Window (CSU Poetry Center)

Mar 14, 2023

San Diego, 1972 (poem)

Mar 14, 2023

The Mission: Beyond the Superstitions of Education

A version of this essay was published in Teacher Magazine and re-published in Education Week’

Mar 13, 2023

The Mission: Beyond the Superstitions of Education

Mar 13, 2023

Dispatch LSD 28: Endless Mission

from The Lit Window (CSU Poetry Center) for Jim Ketterman

Mar 8, 2023

Dispatch LSD 28: Endless Mission

Mar 8, 2023

Before the war, 1967 (a poem)

from The Lit Window

Mar 5, 2023

Before the war, 1967 (a poem)

Mar 5, 2023

Anxiety among the coyotes and bison

The bison were serene. They don’t fear the coyotes, which only…

Mar 4, 2023

Anxiety among the coyotes and bison

Mar 4, 2023

Michael L Umphrey

Michael L Umphrey

Michael Umphrey is the author of three books. He has taught writing and philosophy at various colleges. He's been a newspaper editor and a magazine editor..

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