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Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from our favorite emerging writers

5/5/2021 5 Comments

Paw Paws, by Diane Kendig

Dear Readers,

We were so excited and overwhelmed by the poems we received for our upcoming 
Mundane Joys anthology that we had to share a few on The Rail! This week we have a short and sweet poem on the magic of trees by Diane Kendig

Mundane Joys celebrates the less-obvious triumphs of every day life. Each copy comes with a custom Derailleur Press tea blend and seed paper to grow a garden of your own. Visit our store to reserve yours today!

Happy reading!

- Derailleur Press
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Paw Paws

Maroon bells hang from palms

as wide as Rachmaninoff’s reach
on these trees that are clonal, like Dolly, 
so though a patch seems like many
way down yonder, it may be just one,
that onliest number, but must be two
to do its magic, dropping green globes
splotched with black continents, inside
a creamy sweetness as pocked with openings
as an old brain’s lost memories
and pitted with mahogany buttons, big
as the top button on a coat’s cowl-neck
that you undo to scoop this wild native fruit.

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Diane Kendig‘s latest book is Prison Terms. Her poems have appeared in J Journal, Wordgathering, Valparaiso Review, and other journals. She ran a prison writing workshop in Ohio for 18 years, and now she curates the Cuyahoga County Public Library weblog, Read + Write. Her website is dianekendig.com and her blog, “Home Again”
5 Comments
Barbara A Sabol
5/6/2021 09:49:14 am

Love these luscious lines, and the surprise of the fruit dropping into one's clothing. I can almost feel it!

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Cat Russell link
5/6/2021 11:03:32 am

Wow, beautiful.

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Rebecca Ellis
5/10/2021 01:30:36 pm

Beautiful. Rich with accurate, closely observed details - each one a luscious image.

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Wendy Taylor Carlisle link
5/13/2021 11:30:48 am

sumptuous! delicious!

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8/8/2021 03:54:13 am

Today, refrigerators are present in every one of our homes and it's really difficult to live without one. They are a great helping hand and prevent plenty of problems by allowing us to buy in bulk and store for later use. However, they are machines and run on electricity and just as any other electrical appliance there are great chances that they would malfunction too.

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