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Poems Read by the Author

Wisdom From A Mad Man

August 24, 2010

Watch short video clip from the Longview poetry reading. Someone in the audience was kind enough to film this on his iPhone and upload to YouTube. Wisdom from a Madman Do you have any shards of sense for me From the root of a crooked tree? My mind swirls like an oil slick In multicolored […]

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Second Story

August 21, 2010
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LISTEN or DOWNLOAD this poem. Second Story read by Josh Kight. Second Story I have always been a second story man Flopping between heaven and dirt Looking down from the heights or peering peripherally at God while face down blowing dust. While trimming a tree I was once ripped across the thigh by a branch […]

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The Oyster Song

August 20, 2010
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LISTEN or DOWNLOAD this poem. The Oyster Song read by Josh Kight. The Oyster Song Discarded oyster shells piled By the Lynnhaven river, had been roasted and opened Making comical mouths, screw drivers had finished the job We didn’t know how slow the joys were. Now I grind the sweetly singing fates Between filled molars […]

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Scraped Cheek Blues

August 19, 2010
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LISTEN or DOWNLOAD this poem. Scraped Cheek Blues read by Josh Kight. Scraped Cheek Blues I’ve been up all night and I have out-lived myself. Shirtless at 3 am A soft broth of fear mingles with the freckles on my shoulders pulling bones down to the lustrous floor where you’ll see my reflection skitter and […]

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On The Third Day

August 18, 2010
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LISTEN or DOWNLOAD this poem. On The Third Day read by Josh Kight. On The Third day In the lounging field In the cotton White Webs In the swinging Egyptian air In the coffin’s mouth In the toothless red satin Lay my father. The day was anybody’s day. The day was bone inside out. The […]

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Tales from X-Husband Land XX

August 1, 2010
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LISTEN or DOWNLOAD this poem. Tales from X-Husbandland XX read by Josh Kight. Tales from Ex-Husband land XX The Old Submariner (Cries from the Throat) It is ended now The pocked packets Of rage in every other house On my street. The Cries from the throat Of the drunk submariner Could be heard for blocks […]

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