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Across the Creek
“The birch’s leaves flavesce / And fall with their expected loveliness”
Poems by Blake Campbell.
Published in December 2019.
Dedicated to Rachael Dait.
Contents:
- “Bioluminescence”
- “Another Autumn”
- “Aquashicola”
- “Crane Beach”
- “In The Courtyard”
- “Cold April”
- “Across The Creek”
Please note that “Crane Beach” was nominated by Pen & Anvil in 2019 for a Pushcart Prize. Acknowledgments of prior publication: “Bioluminescence” appeared on Poets.org; “In the Courtyard” was published in The Emerson Review; “Cold April” was published in Hawk & Whippoorwill; and “Across the Creek” was published in The Road Not Taken.
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About the author: Blake Campbell grew up in Pennsylvania, and lives in Salem, Massachusetts. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming publications including Painted Bride Quarterly, The Dark Horse, The Emerson Review, Lambda Literary, The Road Not Taken, Fulcrum, Hawk & Whippoorwill, The Lyric, Incessant Pipe, and The Boston Compass. Linda Gregerson selected his poem "Bioluminescence" for the Academy of American Poets' 2015 Aliki Perroti and Seth Frank Most Promising Young Poet Award, and he has also served as a featured reader for Mass Poetry's U35 reading series. He is grateful to Christine Casson and Sam Wronoski for their help in refining these poems; to Holly Van Leuven for her insightful comments on their current arrangement; and to Rachael Dait for her photographs and inspiration.
Cover art by Zachary Bos, after a photo of Plethodon glutinosus by Rachael Dait. The interior text is set in Minion, with headings in Carolus Roman. Published by Hawk & Whippoorwill, an imprint of Pen & Anvil Press, under the supervision of Chapbook Editor Cat Dossett. For permissions or bulk ordering, please contact us by email.
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