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Member since January 8, 2010 | 677 Readings |

Nick McRae

Nick McRae's poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Copper Nickel, DIAGRAM, Linebreak, Poet Lore, and elsewhere. A former Fulbrighter and Bucknell Seminar for Younger Poets fellow, Nick is currently a University Fellow in Creative Writing at The Ohio State University.

Recent Work

Standing in Front of My Class, What Keeps...

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Sučany, Slovakia / / The mountain outside the window / and the pastel village between, / the plastered houses built by someone's grandfather ...

Elegy for a Miscarried Brother

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Out of heat loss and emptiness / I am constructing a sculpture / / in the front yard. I am five. / / I have taken the Flinstones play car /...

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We skimmed the bottom of Duck Creek for crawdads, / sifted through the silt with our fingers, / felt the cool rush of fright as the tiny claws...

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for my father  / / In this city whose name you can't pronounce— / where women pace barefoot in dry grass and rusting   / bottle caps,...

Subscribed by Nick McRae

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Waiting for me to finish folding, she / read Southern Living, spun her cane. / / If she wanted help she would ask, I supposed, / but I told her...

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This poem is not about sex / despite its title, it's about irises, / and yet, it must be conceded, / their color, form and subtle sway / attract...

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/ for Christopher / / / Three feet down / a once white tarp / covered with dirt / for good reason / / I could dig further / but you...

Famous flower print

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This life is the kind where we're vine-climbing / Pointing out our very favorite things (that are round) / In the evening everyone comes over for...

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