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Poem Up at The Compassion Anthology

Posted on April 3, 2019 by robert okaji

My poem “Confession to Montgomery, Asleep on the Church Steps,” is live at The Compassion Anthology. Many thanks to editor Laurette Folk for offering this poem new life.

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merrildsmith on March 27, 2019 at 7:51 am said:

Congratulations, Robert!

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- robert okaji on March 27, 2019 at 1:14 pm said:
  
  Thabks, Merril!
  
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rivrvlogr on March 27, 2019 at 8:39 am said:

Congrats, Bob.

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- robert okaji on March 27, 2019 at 1:14 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Ken!
  
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stephanielharper on March 27, 2019 at 11:23 am said:

I’m full of so many confessions of this sort, all of them as yet un-uttered… I commend you for giving this one a voice.

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- robert okaji on March 27, 2019 at 12:58 pm said:
  
  Montgomery disappeared a few months after I wrote this. A friend reported that he’d been hauled off in an ambulance…
  
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  - stephanielharper on March 27, 2019 at 1:13 pm said:
    
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clburdett on March 28, 2019 at 5:26 pm said:

Congratulations on your poem Robert I liked it….🙂

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- robert okaji on March 29, 2019 at 9:13 am said:
  
  Thanks very much!
  
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memadtwo on April 4, 2019 at 4:04 pm said:

More congratulations, always well deserved. (K)

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- robert okaji on April 4, 2019 at 4:43 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Kerfe. It felt good to find a home for this piece.
  
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