O at the Edges

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Poem Up at Fourth and Sycamore

Posted on May 31, 2018 by robert okaji

My poem, “The Trees are Burning at Midnight,” is live at Fourth and Sycamore, the literary journal of the Greenville Public Library, located in Greenville, Ohio. This piece was originally drafted during the August 2016 Tupelo Press 30-30 Challenge. Many thanks to Charlotte Hamrick for sponsoring the poem and offering the title.

14 thoughts on “Poem Up at Fourth and Sycamore”

Lynne Burnett on May 30, 2018 at 10:47 am said:

Simply wonderful, Bob, especially those last 3 lines! And congrats on yet another publication and thanks for introducing us to all these neat journals!

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- robert okaji on May 30, 2018 at 11:10 am said:
  
  Thanks, Lynne! I truly like the idea of a literary journal published by a public library. Isn’t that wonderful?
  
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  - merrildsmith on May 30, 2018 at 11:17 am said:
    
    It is wonderful!
    
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    - robert okaji on May 30, 2018 at 11:20 am said:
      
      I love libraries and librarians.
      
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      - merrildsmith on May 30, 2018 at 11:39 am said:
        
        I do, too!
        
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  - Lynne Burnett on May 30, 2018 at 12:01 pm said:
    
    It really is great! First time I came across that!😊
    
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    - robert okaji on May 30, 2018 at 12:37 pm said:
      
      Same here!
      
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merrildsmith on May 30, 2018 at 11:17 am said:

Congratulations!

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- robert okaji on May 30, 2018 at 11:27 am said:
  
  Thanks, Merril. Am really pleased with this placement. More power to libraries!
  
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Charmed Chaos on May 30, 2018 at 3:20 pm said:

Beautiful piece Robert, truly.

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- robert okaji on May 30, 2018 at 4:03 pm said:
  
  Thanks very much, Linda.
  
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Rarenwise on May 31, 2018 at 6:16 am said:

Good job! Love it.

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- robert okaji on June 3, 2018 at 1:18 pm said:
  
  Thanks very much. My apologies for the delayed reply. Dunno how I missed your comment.
  
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Rarenwise on June 3, 2018 at 1:29 pm said:

Eh. It happens

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