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Operation Poetry!

Posted in Artist Spotlight - Guerilla Poetics Project, tagged , , , , , on July 28, 2008 | 27 Comments »

I’m not the first person to blog about the Guerilla Poetics Project, and I doubt I’ll be the last. I found their website recently while surfing the net, and my first thought was, “Where have I been?” Ah, I’m always late for everything. But just in case there’s one person out there who [...]

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Would You Like To Supersize Those Fries?

Posted in poetry, tagged , , , , , , on July 22, 2008 | 18 Comments »

A ten cent raise & a fat boss man
 
staring at my boobs.
I write poems
so I won’t
act out
the day when
 
I finally give in
to my desperation
 
tiptoe into
the big office
where he sits,
 
put my boobs
in his face,
 
slide my pink
fingernails
around his
red neck
 
and squeeze
 
til his eyes bleed,
fall out & roll
across the desk
 
where he keeps
the file
that says I
am worth
 
ten pennies
& two boobs.
 Julie Buffaloe-Yoder
 

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Will The Circle Be Unbroken?

Posted in Short Stories, tagged , , , on July 17, 2008 | 19 Comments »

Hold on, Nellie. Here we go. I’ve been delaying this topic, because once I get started, it’s hard for me to stop.
Last week, a lady stopped by my workplace with some pamphlets about environmental issues. That’s cool. I was born a tree hugger and a mud lover. But when I [...]

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Here’s To You, Queen Bee

Posted in poetry, tagged , , , , , on July 9, 2008 | 19 Comments »

I met a girl like Shaqueena when we were thirteen or fourteen-years-old. Unlike the other plus sized girls I knew, Shaqueena wasn’t embarrassed by her generous body. She wasn’t prom queen and didn’t want to be. She wasn’t abused or used. People thought she was a bully, but she was really no more aggressive than [...]

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Sweet Gator Lady

Posted in poetry, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 5, 2008 | 10 Comments »

This poem now published in Shoots & Vines.
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Aunt Aggie & The Alligators
by Julie Buffaloe-Yoder
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Agathea Longtrail McCumber
(1919 – 2006)
Aunt Aggie never had babies.
She had alligators
that floated under leaf wet logs.
She had a mud brushed shack
beside a slow moving river
downwind of Ocketawna Swamp.
She had boxes of fossils
on her kitchen counters.
Six foot long rattlesnake skins
hung as decorations
on her [...]

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Happy Independence Day

Posted in poetry, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 4, 2008 | 9 Comments »

On this July 4th, don’t forget:
Click It or Ticket!
No unauthorized fireworks are allowed on private farmlands.
Always wear a helmet.
This message has been brought to you by the Advertising Council of Caring America.
It’s a brand new day, and we are working overtime to take care of you, your family, and your community.
Happy Independence Day!

Yeah, I know [...]

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