Articles by Julian O. Long
Poem
Nineteenth
(2021-06-14) poem unrhymed
Long has taught school at the University of North Texas, North Carolina State University, and Saint Louis University. He is now retired and lives with his wife, Kathleen Farrell, in Saint Louis, Missouri, writes a blog entitled "Out the Backroom Window," and plans to expand Backroom Window Press into a small press publishing venture.
Farm Road Entropy
(2021-07-19) poem unrhymed
"...Harvest and waste of passage...
Zapper
(2021-08-16) poem unrhymed
"...wondered if
that sound was the last thought..."
After implosion
(2021-09-20) poem unrhymed
"...Fifty years is a building's
life, said the college pres..."
End of the World
(2021-10-18) poem unrhymed
"...What's wrong will never now be right..."
Anthropocene
(2021-11-15) poem unrhymed
"He was once my best
friend..."
Springtime 2019
(2021-12-13) poem unrhymed
"...be time enough and time enough
to praise this one more springtime..."
Long Homestead in Winter
(2022-01-17) poem unrhymed
"...No one living knows
its history now..."
The Alpine
(2022-02-14) poem unrhymed
"...Friday nights
with whole families dancing..."
Silverback
(2022-03-21) poem unrhymed
"...we'll cleverly hide away in swamps..."
Chain of Rocks
(2022-04-18) poem unrhymed
"...I'd like to walk it one day..."
Aphasia Remembered
(2022-05-30) poem unrhymed
"...panic as though
the world has just ended..."
Pure Onionhood
(2022-06-27) poem unrhymed
"...finding no heart there that doesn
27 Club
(2022-07-25) poem unrhymed
"...he was quoted saying it had been his only real home...."
Greek to Us
(2022-08-29) poem unrhymed
"...maybe because you had no idea who Isadora Duncan was..."
Wind in the Willow
(2022-09-26) poem unrhymed
"Big easy has Bourbon Street..."
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