Amazing Blues
between the sun
& a world of fence posts
thighs blessing the giddy sea
absurd waves of believers
return with coffee.
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Trust the Engine
not men
but dogs
frayed telephone lines
long memory
a bankrupt world
sniffing wind
lost fools
form bone.
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Yesterday
a dog curves beneath fence posts
this place of conscience
swimming away
a man will measure snow
& barbed wire.
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Ruin Beautiful Rivers
divert your breath
bored lovers
old fingers
wet grass.
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John Dorsey lived for several years in Toledo, Ohio. He is the author of several collections of poetry, including Teaching the Dead to Sing: The Outlaw’s Prayer (Rose of Sharon Press, 2006), Sodomy is a City in New Jersey (American Mettle Books, 2010), Tombstone Factory, (Epic Rites Press, 2013), Appalachian Frankenstein (GTK Press, 2015) Being the Fire (Tangerine Press, 2016) and Shoot the Messenger (Red Flag Poetry, 2017),Your Daughter’s Country (Blue Horse Press, 2019), Which Way to the River: Selected Poems 2016-2020 (OAC Books, 2020), Afterlife Karaoke (Crisis Chronicles Press, 2021) and Sundown at the Redneck Carnival, (Spartan Press, 2022).. His work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and the Stanley Hanks Memorial Poetry Prize. He was the winner of the 2019 Terri Award given out at the Poetry Rendezvous. He may be reached at archerevans@yahoo.com.
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