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Peter M. Ivey

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Granola-back — that’s what she hilariously called it when the muscles between your shoulders begin to bear down under the weight of…

Dec 16, 2023

Dec 16, 2023

Bannahasset Island

Time seems to slow for me on Bannahasset Island, that ancient almond-shaped mass in the flow of the French Broad, held to the earth by…

Dec 16, 2023

Dec 16, 2023

You Have Made Me Happy

You have made me happy, deep within my bones, in that place of light that says, This is the life you were meant to live with the one…

Dec 16, 2023

Dec 16, 2023

Untitled

Just the other day I was bracing myself for a wave that never came.

Dec 16, 2023

Dec 16, 2023

lay it down/let it go

in due time words will flow

Sep 21, 2023

Sep 21, 2023

Dutch Creek

This place, it is my paradise, and there are countless reasons why —

Sep 21, 2023

Sep 21, 2023

For the First Day of Fall

O, how the forest was announcing Fall this afternoon, and O, how I needed to hear it. One by one, the Kingdom of Green sent out its…

Sep 21, 2023

Sep 21, 2023

Death Worth Dying

It feels like a death is coming as the thunder begins to roll, the black walnuts begin to spread their spent leaves, and you pack your…

Aug 27, 2023

Death Worth Dying

Aug 27, 2023

My Son

As you ran across the field, I caught the eyes of God for, welling with pride, wide with love, and I wanted to freeze time, or run to you…

Aug 23, 2023

Aug 23, 2023

It’s the end of today, and it’s time to come home —

to let my brow melt into my eyelids melt into my cheekbones melt into my chin, saying no to the faces I thought I ought to wear,

Aug 6, 2023

It’s the end of today, and it’s time to come home —

Aug 6, 2023

Peter M. Ivey

Peter M. Ivey

Follower of Jesus, husband, father of three, Director at Thrive North Carolina, lover of books and spending time in the woods

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