Tag: flood
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Not Flood Nor Fire, Just A Blog Unattended
Here we go, boys and girls. I miss you all when I’m away, and look forward to catching up and finding out what you’ve been up to while I’ve been “away” from the wonderful world of WordPress. At the same time, tons of detritus has built up behind the dam while I’ve been attending to…
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The Colorado Independent: News Poems
I’m continually scouring the internet, looking for poetry to roll around in like one of those crazed grizzlies on Kodiak Island loll about in rotting whale flesh–intoxicated by the joy and sensory overload of sustenance, bounty, excess. I found that The Colorado Independent is doing a series on poems inspired by the news–don’t think about…
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The Titan Was Brought Low
The Titan was brought low by a beast so small and slow a grain sets it in shadow. A long year he lay, first modest and afraid, his massive arms and beautiful, terrifying hands jutting out helpless beneath short sheets. I looked long and unflinching into his eyes, waiting for the burst of the dam,…
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West From Chicago…excerpt from another old story
*this is the final excerpt from what I’ve called the “big truck” series–an abandoned, unfinished road trip novel I lost interest in 17 years ago and recently revisited. I added it partially in response to posts by our friends over at the excellent Great Plains Trail blog–where they’re building something awesome. The Great Plains are…
Old Road Apples 