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January 7, 2026

tell mother father fed me carp

tell mother father fed me carpcarp fished out of the season of snowmeltand out of the season of high water in the elbeand the march and the april of icicle dripand the may and the june of flood werein the carp father fed me i’m sureit was before i remembered that the late winter and Continue reading

Dramatic Poetry, Health, Historic Fiction, Poetry, Spoken Word, Uncategorized

carp, childhood, digestion, Dramatic Poetry, Historical Fiction, Imagery, literary, literature, parenting, Poetry, Serial Poetry, Spoken Word, spring, writing
December 28, 2025

when you put away the rag doll

when you put away the rag dolland the hand sized horse carved of woodwhen the children complaintell the daughter your mother’d walked from the time the mudon the estate inside her had driedhad become ripe for the plowripe for the seedfrom that time ‘til the cropinside her had ripenedand was ready to be harvesteduntil the Continue reading

Dramatic Poetry, Historic Fiction, Poetry, Spoken Word, Uncategorized

aging, agricultural, Dramatic Poetry, Historical Fiction, Imagery, literary, literature, metaphor, parenting, Poetry, rural, Serial Poetry, Spoken Word, writing
November 11, 2024

to the face of the father

Here’s a bit of a rant as I left it in the 1990s, when I was younger and had things to say. I don’t know if it’s something I want to claim. I like the thought development; at the same time I regret having been so raw. I rebuilt the thing yesterday— added a few Continue reading

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