uneven steven

By Kenneth Pobo

This collection of poetry focuses on a gay man's battle against invisibility and keeping secrets. The poems reflect different times and parts of his life. His journey is partly to find a community but maybe more to find a sense of who he really is: a question that may transcend sexuality.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Assure Press
• Release date: Sep 1, 2020
• ISBN: 9781733589772

Kenneth Pobo

Kenneth Pobo won the 2009 Main Street Rag poetry chapbook contest for his manuscript called Trina and the Sky. Main Street Rag published it in December 2009. In 2008, WordTech Press published his book called Glass Garden. He teaches Creative Writing and English at Widener University.

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UNEVEN STEVEN

UNEVEN STEVEN

Kenneth Pobo

Assure Press

Copyright © 2020 by Kenneth Pobo. 

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Uneven Steven/ Kenneth Pobo — 1st ed.

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ISBN-13: 978-1-7335897-6-5

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020936575

eISBN-13: 978-1-7335897-7-2

Contents

Acknowledgments

A Quiet Kid

TWENTY YEARS LATER

STEVE WAS THE BOY

STEVE IN FIFTH GRADE

WATER TOWER

WHAT KIND OF A HERO

STEVE'S MOTHER

A SHEET OF PAPER

A QUIET KID

STEVE IN BROAD AND NARROW DAYLIGHT

STEVE IN THE SPRING

JUNIOR YEAR SEX ED

STEVE’S TERRIBLE YELLOW SHIRT

RUDY TOLD STEVE

STEVE AT 13

STEVE’S FIRST CRUSH

HYMNS

HIGH-SCHOOL TERM PAPER

STEVE BURNING

STEVE’S SECRETS

OUT FROM UNDER

THE BARGAIN

A GRIEF

TRACING PAPER

STUDIO APARTMENT

STEVE’S FOREIGN LANGUAGE

STORY OF A GARDEN

BY HAND

Empty Tree

AFRAID TO TELL

STEVE STEW

STEVE’S FRIDGE LOOKED INTO

STEVE COMPLEX

BROWN CORDS

LEFT-HANDED MONKEY WRENCH

SNAPSHOT

SMILE

STEVE’S LOBSTERS

I-95

REALLY?

OVERHEARD

ODORS FROM OTHER WINDOWS

SWIMMER STEVE

STEVE AFTER JOGGING

STEVE OUT FOR A WALK

STEVE AND THE EMPTY TREE

STEVE BARKING AT THE MOON

STEVE PAINTING

STEVE READY

STEVE READS HUCK FINN

STEVE STARRING IN BERGMAN’S Cries and Whispers

WHAT STEVE DID ON HIS SUMMER VACATION

DRY SPELL

THE JOKE

TURBULENCE

Lately

STEVE THIS MORNING

MORNING COFFEE AND EVENING STENCH

STEVE AND THE BURGLAR

STEVE IN PURGATORY

STEVE IN PARADISE

STEVE DISAPPEARING

STEVE CUTS

STEVE AND CHILDREN

STEVE IN THE ORCHARD

EARLY

AFRICAN VIOLET STEVE

STEVE LOOKS AT CLOUDS

THE NIGHT HAS 1007 EYES

DOLLY PARTON

STEVE'S OPEN FLOWER

BLUE TRAIN

STEVE’S FLASHLIGHT

STEVE FLICKERS

STEVE LATELY

About the Author

Also by Kenneth Pobo

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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I would like to thank the editors of the following journals for publishing work from this collection:

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Twenty Years Later No Exit

Steve Was the Boy The Outrider

Steve in Fifth Grade