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PoetrySnapback
I tried to catch a snapping turtle in an old tin pail. She ducked and dove. I hopped and turned. It was to no…
PoetryI’m Heading South
As the days draw in I will head south, past the lake’s glacial blue, up the curving road where the mountain shines, beyond the…
PoetrySofter Truths in City Parks
I found them there in a still spare spring under cottonwoods grown in unnaturally straight lines in small-eyed ducks and a young girl balancing…
Poetryafter the reading,
a reporter for the student paper asked me what career i would take if i wasn’t a writer. i looked at him and said:…
Poetry, ShowcaseSome Men
So when he left I longed for the old house I had. So often, late summer in that house, marigolds on the steps for…
PoetryVoid
We will speak, all wind and hail icy tambourine of tin roof or nights I sat on your bed folding warm towels, pairing socks,…
PoetryOFFICE THIEF
I’m not hungry. I appraise the contents of the office fridge anyway: a carton of soy coffee creamer, three sack lunches, a four-pack of flavored…
PoetryThose who look straight forward
jaded by the complexity of it all sometimes it's best to focus on a single thing: the tops of your shoes we just keep…
PoetryUntitled
After the Violin Gypsies from Spain cause their own heartbreak Anthony Bourdain said I don’t know what that means maybe we all cause our own…
PoetryHeart Attack
She tells me I am panicking, to try to take steady, slow breaths. I wasn't panicking when this started, I was asleep. Asleep sitting…