John Mitchell

I can trace my love for reading and writing poetry back to my earliest days listening to my parents read the Psalms to me as a child. And to my parents, I owe a great debt. 
February 27, 2026

Poem: In South Georgia

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February 23, 2026

Poem: Sourdough

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February 23, 2026

Poem: Long Toss

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February 17, 2026

Poem: They Look Like Trees, Walking

See Mark 8:24
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February 17, 2026

Poem: Remembering

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December 25, 2025

Christmas Poem Published in Solid Food Press

Out In Their Field https://www.solidfoodpress.com/post/out-in-their-field Merry Christmas!
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December 13, 2025

Poem: Manhunt

Manhunt or The Search That Follows -For Charlie You can see them distant stares, half-hearted yawns as each ponders which lead to chase next; how to find who did this. Cigarette smoke floats horizontally across the room around the chin and cheekbones of their unshaven faces.
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December 13, 2025

Poem: Day Labor

Day Labor His mud spattered black jeans hug the shaft of his leather boots as he stands with one hand on his hip one hand on the pump, filling up his two door square body truck, dented and paint scratched from a thousand jobs and the forgotten miles between them. He knocks his boots against steel running boards, red clay falling off in...
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December 3, 2025

Poem: Nursery Stakes

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December 3, 2025

Poem: On Nearing the End of My 29th Year

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December 2, 2025

Poem: The Poet's Dilemma

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November 30, 2025

Poem: Vantage Point

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November 22, 2025

Poem: Saints Who Have and Have Not Seen

Take all human eloquence, conjunctions and well measured metaphors; consider fine prose, and a voice that never cracks or breaks or stutters with indecision. Listen to public prayer, and marvel at combinations of words and speech, sweeter even than honey. Taste and see that God is pleased by the broken voice, pouring out simple words f...
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November 21, 2025

Poem: The Blue Collar

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November 21, 2025

Poem: The Road Known

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October 16, 2025

Poem: Untitled

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October 13, 2025

Three Poem Fragments Written on Delta Flight from Atlanta to Nashville

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September 26, 2025

Poem: Marching

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August 6, 2025

Poem: House Fly Haiku

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July 28, 2025

Poem: What Will Last

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July 26, 2025

Poem: Presence

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July 21, 2025

Poem: Blink

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July 17, 2025

Poem: Switchgrass

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July 16, 2025

Poem: The Face of the Prairie

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July 15, 2025

Poem: Moving

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July 14, 2025

Poem: What We Own

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July 12, 2025

Poem: Passing

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June 13, 2025

Poem: A Dozen

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June 13, 2025

Poem: Onboarding

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June 13, 2025

Poem: The Critic Who Counts

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