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“Lessons in Mining” & “Bonfires” | Poetry

by TNSF | Feb 27, 2019 | Poems, Vol. 2, Issue 8

“Lessons in Mining” “Redneck referred to the red bandanas that West Virginia miners wore around their necks.” –Chuck Keeney, WV Mine Wars Museum. In my Appalachian middle school, the teachers transformed classrooms into a coal mining town. The...

“The Classroom,” “Gettysburg” & “The Emptiness of Evening” | Poetry

by TNSF | Jun 27, 2018 | Poems, Vol. 1, Issue 33

The Classroom I talk about peace, love, and understanding with the college students taking classes between work shifts and day care and paying the rent. They teach me what resting bitch face means and what it looks like and how to accurately use phrases from current...