Monthly Archives: July 2020

Hall of Fame

Posted on July 23, 2020 by stevieslaw

My poem, Hall of Fame, is up on Silver Birch Press today as part of their Landmark Series. Here is the poem: Hall of Fame We were not a wayfaring family. My dad drove a taxi nights while mom worked … Continue reading →

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RavensPerch Second Poem

Posted on July 17, 2020 by stevieslaw

Aeolian When I was a young man I’d take to the shore— counting on the salt-slap of wind off the North Atlantic and the emptiness of that unearthly horizon to rouse me from a melancholy that held me bone deep. … Continue reading →

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Sonder

Posted on July 16, 2020 by stevieslaw

I’ve two poems published today by the RavenPerch. Here is the first Sonder Dad would never let on how he got his nickname. Even mom, who used Sonny for all but scolds, wasn’t telling and you’d have more luck convincing … Continue reading →

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I believe I do…

Posted on July 15, 2020 by stevieslaw

The Trump Team announced today that negotiations with the tooth fairy are going very, very well.  The negotiations are being led by Mike Pence, who has a long-standing relationship with imaginary beings. Trump intends to make good on his promise … Continue reading →

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Poem on Burningword Literary Journal

Posted on July 5, 2020 by stevieslaw

  Quotidian For fifty years, we lived at the bend in Spring Creek where the stream turns back on itself, in a shingled Cape Cod too small for the family and dreadfully cold.   The creek’s ceaseless song captained our … Continue reading →

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