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Today's poem is "Earth-tone Anecdote"

from West Branch

John Gallaher is the author of The Little Book of Guesses, winner of the Larry Levis Prize from Four Way Books, and Gentlemen in Turbans, Ladies in Cauls (Spuyten Duyvil). He is co-editor of Laurel Review.

Other poems by John Gallaher in Verse Daily:
May 12, 2007:   "When I Say World I Mean Please" " We begin somewhat after the beginning, in..."
January 4, 2007:   "A Guess Is Spiritual Then, & Will Try to Help You" " Two pregnant women are walking together under the portico...."
June 10, 2006:   "Anecdote of the Field" " The children are running across the field, each..."
May 26, 2005:  "No Encores. No Autographs." ""When I was little, and could float..."

Books by John Gallaher: The Little Book of Guesses, Gentlemen in Turbans, Ladies in Cauls

Other poems on the web by John Gallaher: Three poems "Bomb Went Off" "On Your Brilliant Escape" "A Guidebook to When Things Were Better" "A Guidebook to The Afterlife"

John Gallaher's Blog.

About West Branch:
Poets in this issue: Danielle Cadena Deulen, John Gallaher, William Jolliff, John Kinsella, Paul Gibbons, Brian Patrick Heston, James Doyle, Nancy Eimers, Christopher Cunningham, Peter Waldor, William Olsen

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Other from West Branch in Verse Daily:
June 3, 2006:   "The Customary Mysteries" by Aleda Shirley
June 2, 2006:   "[When You Asked, I Thought At First]" by Boyer Rickel
May 31, 2006:   "In A Week Or Two, My Love, The Maple Will Be Empty." by David Swerdlow
January 15, 2006:   "Pursuit" by Sarah Sloat
January 5, 2006:   "Rehoboth Beach" by Matthew Ladd
January 2, 2006:   "Ghazal of the Bright Body" by Sarah Sloat
December 28, 2005:   "Rain-Freighted" by Eric Pankey
May 21, 2005:  "The Innocent" Jean Nordhaus
May 17, 2005:  "Vespers" Charles Wright
December 14, 2004:  "The Tortoise" by Betsy Sholl
December 13, 2004:  "Grackles" by Lisa Williams
August 10, 2004:  "Anecdote of the Turkeys" by Wayne Dodd
August 2, 2004:  "Speak, Zero" by Mary Ruefle
June 19, 2004:  "Yes, to the Mole, Emerging in Night" by Daniel Bourne
February 10, 2004:  "Rorschach on Pond" by Sean Serrell
February 9, 2004:  "Deer" by Sarah Kennedy
June 1, 2003:  "First Thing" by Bill Knott
May 20, 2003:  "Succession" by Bill Knott
May 19, 2003:  "Angry Music" by John Nixon, Jr.
May 16, 2003:  "I Never Promised You a Worm Farm" by Charles Harper Webb
January 31, 2003:  "Collect Call" by Michelle Boisseau
January 15, 2003:  "Cautionary Tale" by Nance Van Winckel
January 8, 2003:  "The Climbers" by Jeffrey Skinner
January 7, 2003:  "Steadily" by Michelle Boisseau

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