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Longhorn Ranch Craig Lancaster
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The Will for Water by Craig Lancaster

It’s more than a little astonishing to look at a fresh new calendar in a fresh new year and realize...
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House fire for Syndey Lea's poem
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Three Poems by Sydney Lea

My Uncle’s Farm I recollect particulars by the dozen, But late in life I yearn to shift the sensory into...
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Combine in "Of Farm and Family"
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Of Farm and Family by Deb Stark

Neil knew he should be the one to start the neighbour’s combining this year. At seventy-nine, his father’s neck is...
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Fishing Pond
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The Pond by Corey Villas

As the sun began to top the trees, you could tell today would be another scorcher. One of the hottest...
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The Lion Cat Avery Lin
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The Lion Cat by Avery Lin

The offerings were ready, and I thought that my lion cat must be hungry.  It was a blistering summer day....
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The lane in Nora Brennan's poems
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Three Poems by Nora Brennan

Passing Through Uncertain if it was my home, the shifting lens of time bears down on the house – nearer...
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Old sled
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Circa 1900 and Other Poems by Daril Bentley

Circa 1900 Waldo sharpened the blades of his turn-of-the-last-century sled and slid Downhill at age eighty-four. His wife chided him,...
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House Sparrow by Megan Lee
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House Sparrows by Megan Lee

Paul: Looks like some kids have messed up the book box again. Any ideas who?  Michelle: @Trish Jones – your...
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Shannon Castor Him and the Dog
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Him and the Dog by Shannon Castor

Him and the Dog She stands birching Towards river Black metal liquid Sweating paper Southeast Her pepper white skin flapping...
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old shed by Bob Brussack
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Two Poems by Bob Brussack

Daughter of the Deep Places A hardwood doesn’t settle in its spot Out of any preference for that spot. She...
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Michael Durack rights about turf
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Three Poems by Michael Durack

Controversy Not looking for Controversy, I found it four miles from where I grew up, as the crow flies. Controversy...
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Chief Chicken Handler by Katy Goforth
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Chief Chicken Handler by Katy Goforth

I was nine the year my Pa couldn’t find work and the Albergotti family became part of my life. Everyone...
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