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I STAYED UP LISTENING

I STAYED UP LISTENING by Michelle Overby

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Michelle Overby has been keeping a daily poetry blog called the rose and the apple for some time now. The content's quiet immediacy attracted Two Plum Press upon first viewing. Several months later, we are excited to share this book collection. 

Michelle's poems, read aloud or scanned alone, have a way of settling into the brain like a striking photograph or an elegant design. 

We invite you to experience some of these small moments for yourself. 

excerpts:

she
fell
asleep
in
her
hood
and
boots
and
I
thought
I
remember
that

he
wore
a
blue
trucker’s
hat
and
when
he
smoked
he
didn’t
use
his
hands

the
favorite
movie
the
song
you
always
sang
the
land
you
used
to
walk