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Today's poem is "EMT Hopes Pregnant Plumber Doesn't Give Birth"

from Beloit Poetry Journal

Ron Riekki's books include U.P.: a novel (nominated for the Sewanee Writers Series and Great Michigan Read), The Way North: Collected Upper Peninsula New Works (2014 Michigan Notable Book awarded by the Library of Michigan, Eric Hoffer Book Award finalist, Midwest Book Award finalist, Foreword Book of the Year finalist, and Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist), and Here: Women Writing on Michigan's Upper Peninsula (2016 IPPY/Independent Publisher Book Award Gold Medal Great Lakes—Best Regional Fiction and Next Generation Indie Book Award—Short Story finalist). Riekki has three books upcoming with Michigan State University Press and McFarland.

Books by Ron Riekki:

Other poems on the web by Ron Riekki:
"Poem About a Werewolf That I Copied From Shakespeare"
"The First Line from Answers to Questions by Terry Gross"
Two poems
Two poems
"Lisbon, The Woods Open"
"Getting Fired from Walmart"
Two poems
"The Hardest Thing to Let Go is People"
"My Godson, Autism"
Three poems

Ron Riekki's Website.

Ron Riekki on Twitter.

About Beloit Poetry Journal:

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