2026, Ohio River Valley Literature, Poet's Life, poetry

the rhythm oh you know

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2026, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry

The body moans night before a tune up

Machine be and go!
These parts done worn

must be retooled or traded --

one of the gumption pumps
of an imagination engine
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2026, Day Book, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry

Daybook 2026 // Winter 1.13.26

what gumption is left in the machine counts

we are soul tired and enlivened by great gobbing storms

rolling in northwest along the river
the watchman and the fishermen have ordained

there are clouds thick as shag carpets
carrying floods and fuckery

and the new age of soul-machines

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