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    Dogwood
    Dogwood
    Dogwood
    Ebook93 pages18 minutes

    Dogwood

    By Thomas M. McDade

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    Forty poems of youth, loss, remembering and observations perhaps in some ways true to this quote.
    The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.
    -- William Butler Yeats

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas M. McDade
    Release dateApr 19, 2016
    ISBN9781311434791
    Dogwood
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    Thomas M. McDade

    Thomas M. McDade is a seventy-seven-year-old former programmer/analyst residing in Fredericksburg, VA, previously, in CT & RI. He's married, has no kids, and no pets. McDade is a 1973 graduate of Fairfield University. He served two tours of duty in the U.S. Navy. tommmcd2000@yahoo.com

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      Dogwood - Thomas M. McDade

      Title Page & Licensing Notes

      Dogwood

      By Thomas M. McDade

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2016 Thomas M. McDade

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Acknowledgements

      Special thanks to the following publications that have published many of these poems: Bitterroot, Blindman’s Rainbow, Bong is Bard, Clark Street Review, Coffeehouse Quarterly, Coracle, Crimson Leer, Etcetera, Fifth Gear, Filling Station, Freefall, Gros Textes, High Tide, Latino Stuff, Liquid Paper Press, Main Channel Voices Newsletter Inago, Old City Cool, Pawtucket Times, Penny Dreadful Review, Plastic Tower, Pitchfork Press, Red Owl, River Lit, Shadow, Standard Deviations, Talus & Scree, Visions, The Waterman, Web Poetry Corner

      Poems (1-40)

      Dogwood

      Steeple Life

      Mr. Melluci

      Dead Name

      Brothers

      Eternity

      Healing Time

      Guns

      Red Herrings

      Ventriloquism

      The Mud Cult

      Individual Medley

      Turkeys

      Process

      Shrimp Poncho Villa

      Reduction

      Maxim and Fred

      The Mississippi

      Casino Light

      Our Wounds

      Elements

      Stroke Club

      Rollie Pariseau

      Creek Revival

      Pick One

      Justice Story

      Raconteur

      Holy Land, USA

      Evolution

      Bosnian Half-Cemetery Sonata

      Grave Robber’s Spade

      Dope for One

      Defiant Ones

      Word Simple

      Jai Alai

      Harvest Time

      Amazement

      Dublin

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