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Take a moment with some well-chosen words

By Will Burns

In this poem by Will Burns, we're on a familiar road trip with music on the stereo, weather out the window, accompanied by a day-dreamy hope for longer journeys and bigger horizons. Things to ponder: How does the poet make you feel about the relationship between the brothers? Does the poem have the melody and themes of a beloved country song? ‘Drive South Listening To Country Music' from Country Music by Will Burns (Offord Road Books, 2020), reprinted by permission of author and publisher. Drive South Listening to Country Music (for Greg Burns) Twenty miles from the trout farm there is just music and the green Volvo and the clouds breaking open now where it had been raining hard. I'm wishing it was a whole continent we had to travel into, with drives that last whole days to…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2023

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