Stink: Poetry and Prose of Detroit by Mark C. Durfee

What’s the first thing that pops into your mind when you hear the word Detroit?  Like many Americans, the first thing I think of lately is the troubled auto industry.  I think of high unemployment numbers.  Then I think of the history of Detroit, Michigan.  As someone who used to live close enough to be [...]

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Fire on the Mountain

Photo by Amber Yoder . Please take a moment to check out Art Coelho’s amazing art work at his site by clicking HERE. The art work is breathtaking.  Art Coelho is multi- talented.  He is also a master poet and writer of fiction.  You can also read his bio and see some of his books [...]

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Success is Relative

One of these days, I won’t feel the need to add disclaimers.  For now, I’m trying to stay out of trouble.  This is not my mother or father.  It is fiction.  But “Cully Jean” is a very real woman.  I love her dearly. . Red and White Julie Buffaloe-Yoder . My sister is graduating today.  [...]

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Pry Those Clams From His Cold, Dead Hands

. Mr. Orrie’s Clamming License . Julie Buffaloe-Yoder . A man with a badge pulls up in a boat next to Mr. Orrie’s bent back shack: . Have you got a license to clam here? . Mr. Orrie’s got a Cherokee mama and a great grandpa buried three knots beyond the beacon. . He’s got [...]

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