“What remains is a poetry of growls and mud.” – Mick Parsons, 2023
I write about where I am. This includes the world of work, traveling, and family life. I’m a steamboat fireman and a rubber tramp who has mostly settled down. I’m also a former educator, and a former journalist, and I’ve worked in factories and in warehouses and offices all over the country. The term best used to describe my job history is “factotum.”
My poetry is my ongoing effort to dig deeper and explore this collective and personal experience called being human.
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What the body means: Unkillable Angel Goes to the Cinema, Barton Smock. 2026
Buy his books and read him here. I’ve been a fan of Barton Smock’s for a long time. I don’t remember how I stumbled across his work, but I feel like I’ve been reading him for years. He’s been self-publishing his books for as long as I’ve read him, though I know he had…
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