Today's poem is
"In a Landscape: XXXIV"
from Crazyhorse
John Gallaher
is the author of four books of poetry, most recently, Your Father on the Train of Ghosts, co-written with G.C. Waldrep. The poems in this issue are from the book length non-fiction memoir poem In a Landscape, coming out from BOA Editions in 2015. He lives in rural Missouri and co-edits The Laurel Review.
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About Crazyhorse:
July 12, 2012: "In a Landscape: XLI" "If only you could burn memories in a little pile..."
May 17, 2012: "Revelation in Slow Time" ( with G.C. Waldrep) "Here, where no one is in a hurry..."
May 9, 2012: "Rose as Red" ( with G.C. Waldrep) "It's still not good enough. And you were always told..."
December 22, 2011: "Where They Feed Their Children to Kings" "The best idea I ever had..."
September 4, 2011: "The Bridge at Rest" ( with G.C. Waldrep) "The bridge is dreaming again...."
July 6, 2009: "The House Rhapsody" "For the difficulty of dinner tables..."
May 7, 2009: "Duly Noted" "Every now and then you've simply got to empty it all out..."
January 23, 2009: "What We're up Against" "On the way home from the funeral..."
June 8, 2007: "Earth-tone Anecdote" " They are speaking in the other room..."
May 12, 2007: "When I Say World I Mean Please" " We begin somewhat after the beginning, in..."
January 4, 2007: "A Guess Is Spiritual Then, & Will Try to Help You" " Two pregnant women are walking together under the portico...."
June 10, 2006: "Anecdote of the Field" " The children are running across the field, each..."
May 26, 2005: "No Encores. No Autographs." ""When I was little, and could float..."
Eight poems
"In a Landscape: XXXVII"
"The Glass Bridge Theory"
"In a Landscape: XXV"
"In a Landscape: XXVII"
"In a Landscape: XIV"
"In a Landscape: LVII-LXV"
"In a Landscape: XLVI-LXVI"
Three poems
Four poems
Two poems
"Still Life"
"The Poem from the Poem: Ars Poetica II"
Three poems
"Bomb Went Off"
"On Your Brilliant Escape"
"A Guidebook to When Things Were Better"
"A Guidebook to The Afterlife"
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