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A Few Thoughts about Poetry

A Few Thoughts about Poetry

I have heard a few contemporary poets these last few years and wondered if they put any real work into their product.  Most of it seems pretty bland stuff, like the inner thoughts of a fellow who can’t find his keys… I went to the laundry room To find a pair of socks...
The Old Homestead

The Old Homestead

Crazy Oaks is too small for a golf course and too big for a horseshoe pitch. It is five acres, if you don’t count the generous easement for the county road. It lies between Needles, California and Paducah, Kentucky along a road that was never paved until long after I...
Homecoming

Homecoming

Buster: Sister and I were hauled away in the non-descript sort of station wagon driven by science teachers and bird watchers.  It was a journey of some length, if I remember, because sister and I both needed to get to the grass long before we arrived.  When the old...