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August 20, 2012

Monday Poem

Much Occurred
.

Yesterday I burned some brush

took all day

dragging piles I’d cut

during two previous weekends
.

what a workout

ticker tickin like crazy

head in a straw fedora outwitting melanoma

generating smoke, much occurred

.
by Jim Culleny, April 2006

Posted by Jim Culleny at 12:20 AM | Permalink

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Dear Jim Culleny, this is such a fine common sense writing life piece and i got to thinking of how much William Stafford's poetry means to me in its simple and sincere structure. Edward Mycue

Posted by: Edward Mycue | Aug 20, 2012 3:08:55 PM

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