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Faux Pas (false step)

Originally posted on Sarah Russell Poetry:
Mark Shirey grapples with both unrequited love and cultural norms in this sensitive, introspective poem.  Mark is a member of my poetry workshop group which has met every other Saturday morning for 3 1/2…

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Dot

Originally posted on Sarah Russell Poetry:
I love Teresa Stouffer’s compassion for the older folks who sometimes inhabit her poems.  Teresa is a member of my poetry workshop group in State College. Wheelchairs circle the worker dispensing pills on plastic spoons. I…

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To Die at the River

Originally posted on Sarah Russell Poetry:
Hilary Hauck’s poem of the River Ganges is a powerful statement of death and of life.  You can read more about Hilary’s work here. ? Street sleepers line both sides of the avenue like…

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Stevieslaw: Rust Belt

Originally posted on Stevie's Law:
My poem “rust belt,” just appeared in the new verse news. Here is the link. http://TheNewVerse.News and here is the poem. Rust Belt Sure, we loved the hats and hoopla the rhythmic chants of…

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Stevieslaw: The Way We Are Now

  My poem, “The Way We Are Now,” just appeared in Eclectica Magazine.  Here is the link: http://www.eclectica.org/v21n2/deutsch.html and the link to the issue: http://www.eclectica.org/v21n2/toc.html And, here is the poem The Way We Are Now My neighbor, Mike, will build … Continue reading

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Good Bones

Originally posted on Sarah Russell Poetry:
“Good Bones” went viral in 2016 when it was published in Waxwing.  It seemed to sum up all of our hopes and fears for our children.  Maggie Smith, who wrote “Good Bones,” has several award…

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National Poetry Month

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Stevieslaw: Rust Belt

My poem “rust belt,” just appeared in the new verse news. Here is the link. http://TheNewVerse.News and here is the poem. Rust Belt Sure, we loved the hats and hoopla the rhythmic chants of lock her up, but we are … Continue reading

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A Retirement

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Stevieslaw: My poem: A Retirement, just appeared on The Drabble

    A Retirement MARCH 21, 2017 ~ THE DRABBLE A Retirement By stevieslaw It leafed out absent-mindedly this year, our junk maple. A street planting from the fifties, its branches bald and barren here and there, though not alarmingly … Continue reading

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