2025, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, Working Class Literature

the day after the Ohio River Crest 2025

this
is
a
coda
a
rest: the river
does
not
stop
it
only
goes &
goes &
goes
&

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2025, Days, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, winter, Working Class Literature

Days 2025: Winter (51-55)

Day 51

[52]

the air all sun and ice
all the warmth there is

shine in the constellations
of my family’s eyes

Day 52

a bit of a thaw
uncovers the wasteland

we construct, call
a civilization


Day 53


Yeorgi, are the plans finished?

selah


Day 54

the river will tell
said the old captain
what it needs when

Day 55

one with the mud roll back, old clay
into the river

birth us
a brand new world

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2024, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, river life, winter, Working Class Literature

the grip at the edge of the world

cold wharf, whipping wind
this first exhale of winter
tied to choppy unforgiving waters

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