Verses from the Plains: A Poetry Collection

By Charlene Pierce and Julie Haase

The Nebraska Writers Guild has compiled a collection of poetry from NWG members and nonmembers. The poetry includes multiple authors and subjects, including COVID-19, social unrest, nature, childhood memories, and more. Some focus on Nebraska-specific subjects, but most of the content is general and will appeal to a wide audience. There is no ex

• Language: English
• Publisher: NWG Publications
• Release date: Nov 2, 2020
• ISBN: 9781735701615

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Verses from the Plains: A Poetry Collection

ISBN: 978-1-7357016-0-8 (paperback)

ISBN: 978-1-7357016-1-5 (ebook)

Library of Congress Control Number 2020919545

Contents

Foreword

Green Leaves | Susan Baron

A Princess in Exile | Zoe Baumel

Alive and Berried/Ripe for the Picking | D. S. Biggs

Alive Here | J. Eleanor Bonet

Black Horse, Red Truck, Old Man | j. kirk brown

Death by Indifference | j. kirk brown

Easter in the Wood | j. kirk brown

Elderly Gardener | j. kirk brown

Before Renovation | Lin Marshall Brummels

Reported Missing | Lin Marshall Brummels

Encounter | Marilyn June Coffey

Mother’s Needlework | Marilyn Dorf

Emergency Room Breakfast | Marilyn Dorf

The Reason for Darkness | Marilyn Dorf

What Poetry Is | Marilyn Dorf

Who Can Say | Marilyn Dorf

In the Absence of Memory | Becky Faber

I Was Her and She Was Me | Grace Gugel

State of the Union | Neil Harrison

In the Morning | Bryant Holmes

When Night Comes | Jen Ippensen

A Day at Auschwitz | Sreekanth Kopuri

Tomorrow | Sreekanth Kopuri

Death of George Floyd | Karla Lester

The Takeoff | Scott L. Lucas

Die-Cast Car | James Luebbe

Family Secret | James Luebbe

Mean Little Girl, Across Town | James Luebbe

Jackalope | James Luebbe

Parts Poem | James Luebbe

The Talk That Takes Us Far | James Luebbe

Losing the Body | Clif Mason

Four O Two | Lillian McEvoy

The Tree Talks Trash (a poem for Arbor Day) | Guadalupe J. Mier

Road Trip | Ricardo Moran

Herdin’ Wild Pink Rabbits | Charlene Neely

Loss | Julie S. Paschold

Peas | Julie S. Paschold

How to Growl | Holly Pelesky

Priorities | John Petelle

Pastels in Grayscale | John Petelle

Natural Habitat | Charlene Pierce

Speed of the Valley | Shyla Shehan

Earth Hunger | Rachel E. Smith

Fuel | Rachel E. Smith

Howling at the Moon with My Mother | Rachel E. Smith

Inferno | Rachel E. Smith

Cost-Benefit Analysis: Spring 2020 | Kim Sosin

Minimum Maintenance Roads | Kim Sosin

Our River, Our Dance | Kim Sosin

The Cutting | Nathan Sousek

Setting | Nathan Sousek

Slow | Nathan Sousek

How to Find and Follow our Authors

Acknowledgments

Foreword

The best part of coordinating a poetry collection is having the ability to read all of the work fresh, to discover each one new, as if I’m standing in a garden and I’m able to sample every fruit, every vegetable, and every fresh new flower all to myself first. Thank