Today's poem is
"Reclamation"
from Gulf Coast
Bob Hicok
's fifth collection, This Clumsy Living(University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007).
All the poems by Bob Hicok that have appeared on Verse Daily:
December 20, 2007: "A confluence of processes" "It was a kind of battery, the Earth..."
November 6, 2007: "A celebration of lasting achievment" " The man who wrote "The Hokey Pokey" died...."
June 19, 2006: "Love of Sport" " In the woods, place of tall and green, place of losing..."
June 15, 2006: "Fall" " Trees and the white room filling with the resistance..."
March 21, 2006: "Weather Report" " Cats are new to me is why I call them..."
June 21, 2005: "The Personal Touch" "I have fifteen cloud stamps, it says on the back..."
November 25, 2004: "Founder's day" "I introduced John Adams to the Pacific..."
March 8, 2004: "Building a painting a home" "If I built a barn I'd build it right into the sky..."
February 17, 2004: "Truth About Love" "I apologize for not being Gandhi or Tom..."
February 16, 2004: "Shopping at the ocean" "Trying to save the bug she killed the bug..."
December 24, 2002: "By their works" "Who cleaned up the Last Supper?..."
August 29, 2002: "Sorting the Entanglements" "In my will the basement goes to the spiders...."
July 14, 2002: "Whither Thou Goest" "Fish can have mad cow disease and I have a problem / with that...."
Books by Bob Hicok: This Clumsy Living, Insomnia Diary, Animal Soul, Plus Shipping, The Legend of Light
Other poems on the web by Bob Hicok:
Two poems
Five poems
"The map maker's faith"
"the dream"
"my life with a gardener"
"a nature film"
Nine poems
"Root root root for the home team"
"Slow going"
"Repast and future"
"My Career as a Director"
Three poems
Three poems
Three poems
"Bedtime Story"
"Jornando del Muerto"
"Twins"
Eight poems
Eight poems
"Alzeimer's"
"The Quiet Americans"
"Only somewhat like a carousel"
"Ink"
Bob Hicok according to Wikipedia.
About Gulf Coast:
Subscription: 1 year (2 issues), $16 March 9, 2008: "Parable of a Blade of Grass" by Roger Reeves
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University of Houston *
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Poetry Editors: Paul Otremba, Brian Russell and Kent Shaw
Other poems by Gulf Coast in Verse Daily:
April 18, 2005: "Sonnet" by Karen Volkman
April 4, 2005: "Figures We're Meant to Believe In" by George Looney
March 14, 2005: "The Museum of Being Born" by Jennifer Militello
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