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Today's poem is "Breather"

from The Journal

Alec Hershman lives in St. Louis where he teaches at Florisant Valley College and at The Center for the Humanities at Washington University. Other poems can be found in recent issues of Denver Quarterly, Juked, Sixth Finch, Washington Square, and Cutbank. He is the current poetry editor for The White Whale Review.

Other poems on the web by Alec Hershman:
Two poems
Two poems
Two poems
Three poems
"mercury fields"
Two poems
"Soup to Boil"
"The One Armed Man Is Waving"
"Cells"
"A Nominal Bridge"

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The Journal * Department of English * The Ohio State University * 164 West 17th Avenue * Columbus, Ohio 43210
Poetry Editor: Kathy Fagan

Other poems by The Journal in Verse Daily:
September 16, 2011:   "Halloween" by Christopher Salerno
September 14, 2011:   "Tips of the Slung" by Amy Schrader
September 12, 2011:   "Crowd Forming a Mob" by C.J. Sage
July 14, 2010:   "Just Like Thumbelina's Blues" by Sarah Kathryn Moore
July 13, 2010:   "Confluence" by Mary Biddinger
January 15, 2010:   "His Other Car Was a Train" by Nance Van Winckel
July 4, 2009:   "Deeply Impersonal" by Bob Hicok
June 30, 2009:   "Inland Song" by Lesley Wheeler
January 29, 2009:   "The Park in Winter " by Stacy Kidd
January 26, 2009:   "Double Down" by Kary Wayson
January 22, 2009:   "Memory is a Disease of Animals" by Marc McKee
January 21, 2009:   "Getaway" by Clay Matthews
January 20, 2009:   "Nest" by Katy Didden
January 13, 2008:   "Area 25" by Catherine Wing
June 22, 2007:   "Prophecy: Snow White" by Donna Prinzmetal
June 18, 2007:   "Area 25" by Steven Cramer
January 9, 2007:   "Area 25" by Betsy Wheeler
January 5, 2007:   "Temptation to Believe" by Andrea Cohen
January 4, 2007:   "A Guess Is Spiritual Then, & Will Try to Help You" by John Gallaher
January 2, 2007:   "Easter, Looking Westward" by Kimberly Johnson
March 17, 2004:  "What's Shorting Out the Good Show" by Martha W. Ostheimer
March 15, 2004:  "Red and Black Days" by Robin Behn

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