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The Mad House Scarecrow
“We die of cold, and not of Darkness” –Unamuno
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One of my heroes in the poetry world is Mark Turcotte, the Chippewa poet and author of Expl...
The Blue Wound
“Boys caught in freight yards were summarily beaten by notorious railroad bulls like Texas Slim, who ruled the yards at Longview, Texas. Denver B...
The Orange Beast
"A train is not a man, and a man is not a train. . .”
George Milburn, The Hobo’s Hornbook
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To live outdoors during The Depression was to h...
A Blue-Eyed Story
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My mother is 83 years old. She will be pissed that I’ve told everyone this. She is a child of The Depression. Her mother was widowed when...