February 27, 2026
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 23, 2026
Poem: Sourdough
February 23, 2026
Poem: Long Toss
February 17, 2026
Poem: They Look Like Trees, Walking
See Mark 8:24
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February 17, 2026
Poem: Remembering
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
December 3, 2025
Poem: On Nearing the End of My 29th Year
December 2, 2025
Poem: The Poet's Dilemma
November 30, 2025
Poem: Vantage Point
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
November 21, 2025
Poem: The Road Known
October 16, 2025
Poem: Untitled
October 13, 2025
Three Poem Fragments Written on Delta Flight from Atlanta to Nashville
September 26, 2025
Poem: Marching
August 6, 2025
Poem: House Fly Haiku
July 28, 2025
Poem: What Will Last
July 26, 2025
Poem: Presence
July 21, 2025
Poem: Blink
July 17, 2025
Poem: Switchgrass
July 16, 2025
Poem: The Face of the Prairie
July 15, 2025
Poem: Moving
July 14, 2025
Poem: What We Own
July 12, 2025
Poem: Passing
June 13, 2025
Poem: A Dozen
June 13, 2025
Poem: Onboarding
June 13, 2025