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Mary Zartman



Mary Zartman Mary Zartman lives in Oregon. She is working on her first middle reader for publication.

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The Anxiety of New Revelation
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Not trained by ancient Asian wisdom, / my conversation is hokey; pokey; flawed / by guffawed anecdotes, insecurities and abruptions. / Timing is…
The Ha Ha Ha
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The English know how to name it, / if the cow stays in or the cow stays out. / A special hedge to do it is called a haha. / I have a desk in my…
Ten Thousand Children
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for Matt Faatz, Lil Dornbush and Pete Kravitz // When we love you / our hearts leap higherwe listen for your steps on the stairs,in the hall, on…
Memorial Day
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Put me in the Pudding River when I am gone. / Let my mistakes melt into silt; / add a few minerals to the oak; / grow an acre of grass; / or float…
The Color of the Lake
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My mother leaves a long message / on the phone machine, filling up the tape / with the colors of Lake Michigan. / Through vast picture windows /…
Oct 26–Waxed Beans
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Poems come all the time now / but I don’t write them down. / Even this one is half what it was / before I found the notebook / and set the…
For Mischa
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If the trees were falling over; / limbs dropping in the drought years;trunks derailed from the biome;beetles having their way with a multitude of…
Thank You For The Word
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You think it will never rain again // global warming has doomed us to hell on earth / then for three days the smell / of dirt unfastening its…
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