Audio

Fence Posts Made of Stone

Rattle / July 11, 2009

[audioplayer file=”https://admin.rattle.com/audio/MehlStone.mp3″] In the heart of central Kansas, Near my daddy’s boyhood home, There are miles and miles of fences […]

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Mahler in New York

Rattle / June 26, 2009

[audioplayer file=”https://admin.rattle.com/audio/FasanoMahler.mp3″] Now when I go out, the wind pulls me into the grave. I go out to part the

Audio, Poems

At a Party on Ellis Island, Watching Fireworks

Rattle / June 22, 2009

[audioplayer file=”https://admin.rattle.com/audio/BrimhallParty.mp3″] The man next to me sings God Bless America even though he knows the Statue of Liberty is

Audio, Poems

Gratitude

Rattle / June 1, 2009

[audioplayer file=”https://admin.rattle.com/audio/BliumisDunnGratitude.mp3″] The grass seems lusher in the wet gray air, but less approachable now— thick curtain of pouring rain.

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Convenience Stores

Rattle / May 6, 2009

[audioplayer file=”https://admin.rattle.com/audio/WakefieldStores.mp3″] We both know the smell of a convenience store at 4 a.m. like the backs of alotta hands.

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When Girls Called

Rattle / May 2, 2009

[audioplayer file=”https://admin.rattle.com/audio/PierstorffGirls.mp3″] When I was in grade school and girls called, my mother always managed to pick up the phone