Poets/David Rivard

David Rivard

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Each could picture probably …

David Rivard

Wandering off under those astrological signs …

David Rivard

The American common is no collective or princedom …

David Rivard

When I wake now it’s below ocherous, saw-ridged …

David Rivard

"I see you," she says— …

David Rivard

Sunlight fades …

David Rivard

Sometimes everything feels like a trick. …

David Rivard

Where am I going today …

David Rivard

Lucky day still spent wrestling the private problems …

David Rivard

The days are dog-eared, the edges torn, …

David Rivard

Now that everything seems so persuasive …

David Rivard

I fed my father what …

David Rivard

After his ham & cheese in the drape factory cafeteria, …

David Rivard

Written on clapboard or asbestos siding, the cartoony …

David Rivard

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