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My poem - Coal Town - published in the August newsletter
Coal Town
Birds don't stop in this town.
I see them fly past, black peppering
blue, going someplace. I've given up
dreaming wings. This town
will know my bones. Condoms
sell well in Joe's corner store - boredom breeds
but breeding's a trap, a twitch in the smile
of those steel-eyed shrews
who linger late after church.
I walked half a day, out past the salt flats,
after they closed the movie house down. Sm Read more of this blog post »
Birds don't stop in this town.
I see them fly past, black peppering
blue, going someplace. I've given up
dreaming wings. This town
will know my bones. Condoms
sell well in Joe's corner store - boredom breeds
but breeding's a trap, a twitch in the smile
of those steel-eyed shrews
who linger late after church.
I walked half a day, out past the salt flats,
after they closed the movie house down. Sm Read more of this blog post »
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“I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”
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“The mind I love must have wild places.”
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“We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?”
― The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Volume 1
― The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Volume 1
“Only in silence the word,
Only in dark the light,
Only in dying life:
Bright the hawk's flight
On the empty sky.
—The Creation of Éa”
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Only in dark the light,
Only in dying life:
Bright the hawk's flight
On the empty sky.
—The Creation of Éa”
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Jan wrote: "Hey, I liked your poem in the July 2016 Goodreads Newsletter poetry contest, Ryan! Sorry I didn't find it until today, too late to vote for it. Bravo!"Thank you, Jan. High praise from such a wonderful poet. I hope you've been well :)
Hey, I liked your poem in the July 2016 Goodreads Newsletter poetry contest, Ryan! Sorry I didn't find it until today, too late to vote for it. Bravo!
Glad to be Goodreads friends now, Ryan! Looking forward to reading your reviews. Nice to see that you're a fan of Jim Pascual Agustin, too. I think he's an extraordinary poet.