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Her chapbook, Clippings, was published by Pudding House Magazine, and Between Door and Frame was published by FootHills Publishing. </div> <bR> <div> Mary was one of four Nebraska poets invited to be included in a Nebraska Education Television program featuring United States Poet Laureate, Ted Kooser, and Nebraska Poet Laureate, William Kloefkorn. The program aired on NETV in December 2005, and the DVD was presented to all high schools and libraries in Nebraska. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> From the book:</div> <bR> <div> No Buried Dogs</div> <bR> <div> His arm crosses her right hip, forearm</div> <div> on soft belly skin, hand cradles her thigh.</div> <div> He sleeps. She wakes to a graceful world</div> <div> that turns gently as the edges of a shy mouth</div> <div> beginning its curve, a world sensual </div> <div> as the soft whisk of low pine branches</div> <div> sweeping the ground.</div> <bR> <div> The flannel sheet breathes warmth</div> <div> on her back while morning air</div> <div> tucks itself around her one bare shoulder.</div> <div> Her surroundings “become” as if today</div> <div> is a coming-out party for the ordinary</div> <div> and now there is no ordinary.</div> <bR> <div> Here, there are no ghosts to embrace, </div> <div> buried dogs, magic prayers, wealth, </div> <div> oppressors, or measuring tools, only the </div> <div> ordinary that repeats, illustrates, repeats,</div> <div> in this moment, in this morning, in this life.</div> <bR> <div> She gasps. </div> <div> He stirs into their day.</div> <bR> <div> ISBN:  0-941053-61-X</div> <div> <I>No Buried Dogs</I></div> <div> is a 68 page hand-sewn book with spine - $14.00</div> <bR> <bR> <div> TO ORDER  ON-LINE </div> <bR> <div> <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="No Buried Dogs"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="06-08"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="14.00"> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>     </B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/images/view_cart.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="display" value="1"> </form>  </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id151.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering by Mail"><U>To order through mail click here</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </BODY>