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Today's poem is "Something and Nothing"

from The Manhattan Review

John Brehm's poems have appeared in Poetry, The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, Plume, New Ohio Review, The Sun, and many other journals and anthologies. His most recent book of poems is No Day at the Beach (Wisconsin, 2020). He is the editor of The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy and the author of a book of essays, The Dharma of Poetry, both from Wisdom Publications. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Other poems by John Brehm in Verse Daily:
March 25, 2012:   "Over and Under" "So sexy to slide under..."
October 17, 2002:  "A Returning" "Tonight my father's love for me / is the crowbar he places gently..."
September 25, 2002:  "Revelation" "...my memories like bewildered animals..."
September 9, 2002:  "My Emotions Are Like Fish" "Mostly they live in the dark..."

Books by John Brehm:

Other poems on the web by John Brehm:
Sixteen poems
Two poems
"Blathery Performance"
"Walking Underground"
Seven poems

John Brehm's Website.

About The Manhattan Review:

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