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PAUL E NELSON

Some 2021 American Sentences & Other Poems

Some 2021 American Sentences & Other Poems

I made it to Clatskanie, Oregon, birthplace of Raymond Carver, to have a writing retreat in a cabin on an organic farm. Of course there would be a snow storm and a 90 minute delay on Hwy 30 getting here, but here I am going over 2021 poems, which means a whole lot of...

ATJ 53-56 (Death of the Imagination)

I get a kick out of certain Facebook threads and, yes, probably spend too much time there. You can argue with an idiot, but even if you win, you’re only a little better than an idiot and I guess I should shoot higher than that. The thread was about rents in...

Hailey, ID, Pound House, Bowe Bergdahl

Mer and I recently returned from a mammoth road trip from Seattle to Minneapolis, Chicago, DC, Pittsburgh, Decatur, Indiana, Chicago, Minneapolis, Sutherland, Nebraska, Denver, Laramie and Hailey, Idaho. Since we have taken the I-90 route to the Twin Cities, Chicago...