Tag Archives: Every Man Jack

For Dillon: A Birthday Rumination from Dad

Posted on March 7, 2022 by jaurquhart

03.08.2022 I admit it, Kiddo. I’m not as sharp as I used to be, and neither are my memories of you. The effect of advancing age, I expect — and stubborn self-protection. That said, a few things still cut close … Continue reading →

Seattle, February 2011 (for Dillon, 03.08.1979 — 08.02.2013)

Posted on August 2, 2021 by jaurquhart

How was I to know then—in the shadow of that red lacquered library, in that misting rain? How was I to know as you sprinted Spring Street that you would never come back to me again— not the onery, flesh … Continue reading →

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Penitence, a prose poem by @EvryManJac

Posted on June 12, 2017 by jaurquhart

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An American’s Parisian Dream @EvryManJac

Posted on December 18, 2016 by jaurquhart

Copyright 2016 by Jack A. Urquhart Paris, winter, 2016. We are here in the French capital again, my spouse Raymond and I, visiting dear friends for most of the month. Ray, who has an extensive history of European travel to his … Continue reading →

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Residue: a prose poem, @EvryManJac

Posted on November 5, 2016 by jaurquhart

©2016 by Jack A. Urquhart (for D.T.U.) He wears loss ‘round his neck— scintilla of ashes, bone, dust— a steely, encapsulating talisman, storied against his heart. His fingers oil the patina to a shade of smoky-gray. This grief is a … Continue reading →

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Mixed Metaphors (prose poem)

Posted on August 2, 2016 by jaurquhart

©2016 by Jack A. Urquhart For Dillon 03.08.1979—08.02.2013 They say being alive is a concatenation of scenes, the sum of which equals a singular human performance. So it is no surprise that since … Continue reading →

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Last Words: A Marriage Memory (prose poem)

Posted on July 24, 2016 by jaurquhart

©2016 by Jack A. Urquhart I’m through talking to you, she said, in her best aggrieved spousal tone—this before launching a litany of worst-case marital woes. Quite a list it was, and accurate; something … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Selling the Family Home: the Life-Changing Challenges of Decluttering House and Mind

Posted on June 20, 2016 by jaurquhart

© 2016 by Jack A. Urquhart 1500 words Recently, in preparation for another major move, I have been reading Marie Kondo’s best-selling paean to the joys of decluttering, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and … Continue reading →

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god fantasy (a prose poem) by Jack A. Urquhart

Posted on April 22, 2016 by jaurquhart

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Say ‘Cheese’! A Birthday Letter to my Son

Posted on March 5, 2016 by jaurquhart

©2016 by Jack A. Urquhart (Dillon Tyler Urquhart 03.08.1979—08.02.2013) Dear Dillon, Today, with your birthday coming on, I tried from old photographs to summon some smile-making memories, a few happy commemoratives from all those “say ‘cheese’!” moments. But it seems … Continue reading →

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