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Storm at Sea
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Two Poems by Daniel Edward Moore

Alabama April If you reenact the last painful moment I’ll love you harder than a civil war drama on a...
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THE PARLOR: Farming is Not For Me by Mark Esping

THE PARLOR is a new series on The Milk House that embraces the lighter side of rural life. You can...
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Vines
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what will be by Mary Silwance

what will be November has already made husks of what once was aaaaI work fast against nearing dusk the sky...
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The Truth about cows by Annie Cowell
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The Truth about Cows by Annie Cowell

The Truth about Cows I’ve heard a lot of bad stuff about cows; about how these murderous brutes are hell...
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Old horse
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Two Poems by J. R. Solonche

Old There should be a horse here, in this meadow, an old horse, a bit too tired to run but...
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Cow in mist
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Hailstones by Bel Schenk

Hailstones Why not slow down and pull up next to this black, sideways cow. Could this be a silhouette? Or...
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Genius Loci by Dominic Rivron

“Morning. Got a visitor?” said Tony. Tony lived next door. It was Tuesday – bin day – and we’d both...
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Meadow
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Three Poems by Cathy Conlon

The Light Dancing When I close the door my father’s coat slow dances against the dark wood. It is old,...
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Mule Plowing
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Gee, Haw, Dammit! by Larry Ganann

The early 1970s found us almost completely mechanized on our farm in the rolling hills of central Mississippi. At the...
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Dead Farms by Sydney Lea
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Dead Farms in Northern New England by Sydney Lea

Dead Farms in Northern New England Veinous snapshots of Dad Before He Went Over. All black and whites, they’ve sat...
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Pub in Ireland
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Stirring by Margaret Cahill

Seanie Flanagan pulled the duvet up around his ears and tried to ignore the niggling ache of his bladder. It...
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Mouse Diploma
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THE PARLOR: Mouse Diploma by Lis McLoughlin

THE PARLOR is a new series on The Milk House that embraces the lighter side of rural life. You can...
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