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Nick Courtright is the author of Punchline, a National Poetry Award finalist and a book Kingsley Tufts Award Winner Timothy Donnelly calls "nothing short of a knockout." Nick's work has appeared in journals such as The Southern Review, Boston Review, Kenyon Review Online, The Iowa Review, and many others, and a chapbook, Elegy for the Builder’s Wife, is available from Blue Hour Press. He’s Interviews Editor of the Austinist, an arts and culture website based in Austin, Texas, where he teaches English, Humanities, and Philosophy, and lives with his wife, Michelle, and son, William.

Feel free to find him at http://nickcourtright.com or write him at nmcourtright@gmail.com.


To call a fire alive, to call a ghost awake,
to call a ghost asleep, or to call it on the phone,

pressing redial one two three
four twelve twenty-one times
and always being sent to voicemail. It’s your first love

again, and it lives.



At what point does the fire die,
does the ghost pick up the phone and whisper

I knew you’d keep calling
until I answered, so now I’ve answered, what is it you
have t...
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Published on February 20, 2012 18:07 • 41 views • Tags: poetry, punchline
Average rating: 4.77 · 26 ratings · 4 reviews · 2 distinct works
Punchline
4.92 of 5 stars 4.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012
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Elegy for the Builder's Wife
4.62 of 5 stars 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
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Jeannie Faulkner Barber Hey Nick. Thanks for the add. Austin huh? I was there last wkend. We have a son & family that live there, but my hubby was born and raised there. GO HORNS! Anyway, if you have time, I'd love for you to visit my web site, www.jeanniebarber.com. I'm a novice writer so feel free to make any kind of suggestions, ideas or thoughts to correct it. I’m co-authoring a novel with Patty Wiseman, another friend on Goodreads. We’ve known each other for over 30 years. While you're there, please sign the guestbook, too! There’s also a link to our book you can click on…clairkelley@synthasite.com. This site is brand new and in the editing stage as is our story. Please visit it as well. We’re both very green, but we’ve met so many people on this site willing to reach out and offer advice or a guiding hand, we feel very blessed.
Thanks,
Jeannie



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