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Ed Brickell
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2025 Best of the Net nominee, Poetry. Nature, books, hiking, reading, writing, root for the underdog, music always. I share my previously published poetry at shortsurpriselife.com.
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A favorite by a favorite, William Stafford. “I can’t eat that bread.”

- from Ask Me: 100 Essential Poems by William Stafford

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Two of my poems, “Early American Poverty” and “Reading” are live in the Spring 2025 issue of MORIA. Gratitude for editors who believe in what I do.
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CURRENT ISSUE (SPRING 2025) — MORIA
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May 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
My poem “Dreaming Them” will be shared in an upcoming issue of the quarterly anthology published by Querencia Press. Poems don’t always have to find homes, but it’s inspiring when they do. Grateful to the editors.

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Querencia Press
Querencia Press is an independent publisher, seeking to amplify overlooked voices. We want to create a safe space for writers and artists to share their stories.
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April 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Two of my poems, “A Snow Hike” and “Without Mountains,” have been accepted for publication in issue 13 of Bracken Poetry & Art, a journal “born of the love of the woods and its shadows.” I’m pleased they found what I feel is the best home for them. Big thanks to the editors. #poetry #writing
Issue XII — Bracken
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April 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Spring, and a Certain-Aged guy’s thoughts turn to mushrooms met on hikes past.

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March 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We live in an occupied country, misunderstood;
justice will take us millions of intricate moves.

- William Stafford, “Thinking for Berky”

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Thinking For Berky by William Stafford - Famous poems, famous poets. - All Poetry
Comments & analysis: In the late night listening from bed / I have joined the ambulance or the patrol
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March 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Excited to have two poems appearing in an upcoming issue of MORIA, published at LA-based Woodbury University. Lovely publication and I’m honored to be included with some terrific folks.

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MORIA
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March 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
A monstrous little something for #shortpoemsunday, which originally appeared in Last Leaves Magazine.

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Monster Alarm
The church bells rang on the hill above my houseWhile the children played below.The youngest from another neighborhoodAsked me what it was.”That’s the monster alarm,” I said.&#822…
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March 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A favorite by a favorite, William Stafford. “I can’t eat that bread.”

- from Ask Me: 100 Essential Poems by William Stafford

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January 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“The politician will consume the poet,” Goethe warned. This is as close as I’ve come to writing a political poem. The landscape described is like a dream collage of where I grew up.

Thanks to the Bond Street Review, where it first appeared.

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Historic Site
Murder hornets mutter in the peeling eavesWhere flags of no known nation hang.Mom and Dad are never coming home from work,They’ve thrown away their burner phones.”It’s heritage, n…
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January 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“One must have a mind of winter …” Hiking with my love past frozen kettle ponds and holly tree groves near Plymouth, MA. Tree silhouettes in January will always be among my favorite things. #poetry #poem #writing #hiking #nature
January 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Sharing my poem “Enough,” which first appeared in the Delta Poetry Review, Vol. 6, Issue 18. I’ve written a lot about family & impermanence lately. Many thanks to the editors.
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Enough
You had sat at our tables for decades,until one day, in the midst of a story told many times,you carried a flickering questionthrough the crumpling hallways of yourself,and you answered, enough. An…
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January 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Happy to hear the terrific poetry mag Rattle is featuring “Late Bloomers” - poets who started publishing regularly in their fifties - in a special edition this fall: “It’s never too late to develop and share your voice.” To submit, click below. #poetry #poems #writing #booksky
Rattle - Tribute to Late Bloomers
Our Fall 2025 issue will be dedicated to poems written by "late bloomers"—those who only started publishing poetry regularly after the age of 50. Much ado is made in the literary world of younger poet...
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January 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Here’s a link to my poem “Running Trails,” a nominee for the 2025 Best of the Net awards. Best viewed in landscape format. Grateful to the good folks at the excellent journal Susurrus for their faith in my work. #poem #poetry #booksky
Running Trails — Susurrus
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January 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
My daughters and grandchildren visited my fave childhood haunt, the recently restored Carnegie Library in Palestine, Texas. We donated three copies of my wife’s children’s book. Our beloved “CiCi” would love knowing she is now part of this beautiful library! #booksky #library #reading #books #poetry
January 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I've added "Enough" and "Strange Mockingbird" to my previously published poems site (linked below). It's where I share many of my poems published in various journals over the past three years. And all for free, except you'll never get that time back. #writing #poetry #poem #authors #booksky
short surprise life
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January 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
You can read my poem “Home” in the latest edition of The Harvard Advocate by linking to it below for free. A little slice of East Texas in Harvard Square. Gratitude to the editors. #writing #poetry #poem #authors #booksky
THE HARVARD ADVOCATE
The Harvard Advocate, the art and literary magazine of Harvard College, is the oldest continuously published college publication in the United States.
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January 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM