Workers’ Compensation Blues . Julie Buffaloe-Yoder My head is pounding from fighting for a month . with the boss who told Leon Jonson he’d get fired . if he filed a claim for Workers’ Compensation. . My head is pounding from trying to convince Leon Jonson . who has a sick kid and another in [...]
Archive for August, 2010
Workers’ Compensation Blues
Posted in Big Hammer, Dave Roskos, Dave Roskos, Iniquity Press/Vendetta Books, KELL ROBERTSON, Outlaw Poetry Network, poetry, tagged Big Hammer, Dave Roskos, Iniquity Press/Vendetta Books, Kell Robertson, Outlaw Poetry Network, poetry, Workers' Compensation Blues on August 31, 2010 | 35 Comments »
Sleeping Through A Hurricane
Posted in poetry, tagged family, hurricane, love, Our crummy landlord kept the insurance money and never fixed the broken windows leaks cracks warped wood mold oven heater etc., poetry on August 12, 2010 | 31 Comments »
This is the only time my Amber has ever slept through anything in her life. I’m so glad she did. . Sleeping Through A Hurricane . Julie Buffaloe-Yoder . When you’ve got ten cents and an empty tank of gas, there is no Exodus to promised lands beyond the bending trees. . You nail boards [...]
An Abundance Of Oxygen
Posted in poetry, tagged challenges, family, love, poetry on August 5, 2010 | 25 Comments »
This is another true story. An older friend of mine used to love to take out stacks of photo albums and show me pictures of her family and friends. I also loved it, because each picture had such an interesting story to go along with it. The presentation of the pictures always went something like [...]
