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About Tara K. Shepersky

Tara K. Shepersky (she/her) is an Oregon-based taxonomist, poet, essayist, and landscape enthusiast, with tangled roots in half a dozen soils. Her work has been previously published or is forthcoming in Cascadia Rising Review, Sky Island Journal, and Wilderness House Literary Review, among others Find her on Twitter @pdxpersky, and at pdxpersky.com.

Conversations at Thresholds: a Contemplative Offering

Tara K. Shepersky

Threshold_2 (detail) Tara K Shepersky

I went for a walk this morning, as I do most days, before the sky held enough light to see in color. Morning joy is one of the most reliable sorts for me. Part of the appeal is living the visible, … [Read more...]

Florilegium: Palestinian Walks

Tara K. Shepersky

Palestinian Walks Raja Shehadeh

Palestinian Walks by Raja Shehadeh / Scribner (Simon and Schuster) / 2007 / 978-1416569664 Imagine the home you love despoiled by conquerors, who insist they are claiming only what is owed … [Read more...]

Love Song for a River Bank

Tara K. Shepersky

Home (detail). Photo by Tara Shepersky.

The great wall of ancient growth slides its shadow across the river. Alder-cedar-redwood are the color of the afternoon water: serpentine. A breeze sweeps up from the sea. It picks out the leaves of … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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