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Danny Earl Simmons is an Oregonian and a proud graduate of Corvallis High School. He is a friend of the Linn-Benton Community College Poetry Club and an active member of Albany Civic Theater. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in various journals such as Naugatuck River Review, Avatar Review, Burningword, Pirene’s Fountain, and Verse Wisconsin.
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TWO POEMS
Danny Earl Simmons BACK STORY
Gravel rock scar left a dent in the middle of his forehead. Nobody really knows for sure: Running in the driveway with untied shoes at five years old? Midnight shift, stagger drunk, miles away from the mischievous years of racing for first in the dirt? MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR'S BRAND NEW BABY BOY
His face reads like a Bukowski poem written after a weekend bender and not nearly enough Bromo. I’m not saying he doesn’t have a certain puppylike appeal. It’s just those worried wrinkles already grooved into the middle of his two-week old forehead have me convinced that his future will consist of way too many well-placed and perfectly timed motherfuckers. |
