“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”--Martin Luther King
Friday, July 8, 2011
Poem
When My Quest to Write a Poem Ended in Failure I Said to Hell with it and Poured Myself a Strong Drink Before the Sun Came Up
The other day I let a poem slip away Now I am content
Terry Simons is the founder of Round Bend Press Books and Round Bend Press Detritus. He has worked as a day laborer, dishwasher, factory drone, community organizer, journalist, media consultant and freelance writer. He attended the University of Oregon and Portland State University, where he read journalism, politics, literature and history. He is the author most recently of "Third and a Mile," a fan's notes about the University of Oregon's football travails, 2010--2017.
RBP books are available from Amazon and Lulu.
Write to: roundbendpress@yahoo.com
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