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    Conversations

    By Ben Ditmars

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    Conversations is a book of ideas shared between others and sometimes thoughts inside the author's mind. Its poetry covers a wide range of social issues from gun violence to the right to choose.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSquirrel House Publishing
    Release dateOct 28, 2022
    ISBN9781951882341
    Conversations
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    Ben Ditmars

    Ben is an author of gnomes, plays, poetry and more. He was first published in his college publications the Cornfield Review and KAPOW.Since then he has been featured in several online literary journals and helped create the cut-and-paste zine Burnt Hamster Minestrone with Michael Veloff.You can listen to his podcast on poetry Lyrical Versification with his cohost, Amber Jerome~Norrgard on iTunes or Stitcher Radio.Currently, he resides in central Ohio with his wife De'Garrica and dachsund, Elsa.

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      Book preview

      Conversations - Ben Ditmars

      INTRODUCTION

      STRONGER THAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS

      COLORS

      HUMBLE THE STARS

      REMEMBER THE SKY

      BOX FANS

      EVIL ISN’T REAL

      WHEN THE BOMBS STOP FALLING

      DEER IN THE WILDERNESS

      CLOSE MY EYES

      NO ONE HOLDS THOSE HANDS

      LOSING SOMEONE

      FEELING SAD

      SOMETIMES IT BURNS

      COMPARING BUTTERFLIES TO MOTHS

      THE FLOWER I STEPPED ON

      GAS STATION

      SURFACE PRESSURE

      FINGERNAILS

      FOLLOW ME THROUGH HELL

      EXPIRATION DATE

      UNNOTICED

      RHYTHM & FLOW

      BREAKING BEANS

      STAY GOLD

      INSULIN

      BURNING TONGUES

      HOW MUCH

      TWICE AS HARD

      BLACK HOLES

      BAD THINGS

      DID YOU SEE?

      INITIALS

      EAT MY RIBS

      LIPS

      SAY GOODBYE

      RAIN

      LAST KISS

      SURVIVE

      SNOWFLAKE

      ARMAGEDDON

      CALLUSES

      MICROPLASTICS

      SCRATCH

      COLD & DARK

      FAMILIAR PLACES

      AQUARIUS

      LETTER TO MY FUTURE CHILD

      DEDICATION

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      CONNECT WITH THE AUTHOR

      INTRODUCTION

      There are conversations that have never left my mind. I remember my grandfather telling us he did terrible things near the end of his life. I remember never finding what those

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