tag:www.inknode.com,2005:/people/nickmcraeInk Node: Nick McRaeWork by Nick McRae2010-04-07T13:06:57-07:00tag:www.inknode.com,2005:Piece/4922010-04-07T13:06:57-07:002010-09-08T03:53:01-07:00Standing in Front of My Class, What Keeps Me from Teaching <em>Sučany, Slovakia</em><br /> <br /> The mountain outside the window <br /> and the pastel village between, <br /> the...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inknode.com/piece/492-nick-mcrae-standing-in-front-of-my-class-what-keeps-me-from-teaching"><b>Read More >></b></a><br /><br /> Nick McRaetag:www.inknode.com,2005:Piece/3812010-01-08T05:42:15-08:002010-09-07T22:05:44-07:00Elegy for a Miscarried BrotherOut of heat loss and emptiness<br /> I am constructing a sculpture<br /> <br /> <div style="margin-left: 40px; ">in the front yard. I am five.</div> <br /> I have taken the Flinstones play car <br /> and filled it with soil. I am planting<br /> <br /> pinecones there<br />...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inknode.com/piece/381-nick-mcrae-elegy-for-a-miscarried-brother"><b>Read More >></b></a><br /><br /> Nick McRaetag:www.inknode.com,2005:Piece/3802010-01-08T05:23:54-08:002010-09-08T07:12:20-07:00InitiationWe skimmed the bottom of Duck Creek for crawdads, <br /> sifted through the silt with our fingers, <br /> felt the cool rush of fright as the tiny claws curled around us. <br /> <br /> We held them up to the low light,<br /> saw the glinting points...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inknode.com/piece/380-nick-mcrae-initiation"><b>Read More >></b></a><br /><br /> Nick McRaetag:www.inknode.com,2005:Piece/3792010-01-08T05:02:24-08:002010-09-08T06:59:01-07:00Moravia<div> <em>for my father</em> <br /> <br /> In this city whose name you can’t pronounce—<br /> where women pace barefoot in dry grass and rusting <br /> bottle caps, sandals in hands,...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inknode.com/piece/379-nick-mcrae-moravia"><b>Read More >></b></a><br /><br /> Nick McRae