Purpose of Darkness: A Poetry Sampler
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The title of this collection of poetry is inspired by Ron Houchin’s poem, but all of the poems here have the common element of darkness, where we can’t judge distances, where everything is slightly out of plumb or broken, where we keep our secrets and birth our dreams, and where loneliness lives not only in a dark holler but also in our hearts. Enter this poetic landscape of black night illuminated by the moon, the snow, and the word.
~Marianne Worthington, poetry editor
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Ron Houchin
Purpose of Darkness
Ace Boggess
"Have You Ever Loved Someone and Still Felt Lonely?"
Candace Butler
I Was Born Old
Gregory Crosby
A Dog Barks in the Distance
Lois Marie Harrod
In the Mask of a Fox
Julia Campbell Johnson
Full Moon, Black Night
Misty Skaggs
Just Grease
Jessica Spruill
The Girl from Spall Lick Road
Kathryn Weld
The Elusiveness of Being
Michael Williams
That Old Time Religion
