O at the Edges

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Poem Published at Amethyst Review

Posted on October 8, 2023 by robert okaji

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A handful of my poems have been published since January, and in the grip of my illness I did not properly acknowledge the publications. I hope to make up for this, at least in part, by providing, at this late date, links to the poems in these journals.

“While Listening to Fleck, Hussein and Meyer, I Consider Children’s Book Titles, Hops and the Ongoing Search for Meaning,” was published at Amethyst Review in January. I am grateful to editor Sarah Law for taking this sonnet, and to Stephanie L. Harper, who provided the title during a fundraiser for Tupelo Press iin August 2016. Little did I know that four years later Stephanie and I would be married. Ah, the power of poetry.

32 thoughts on “Poem Published at Amethyst Review”

Liz Gauffreau on October 8, 2023 at 1:28 pm said:

Congratulations on your publication!

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- robert okaji on October 8, 2023 at 2:13 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Liz.
  
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  - Liz Gauffreau on October 8, 2023 at 3:51 pm said:
    
    You’re welcome, Bob.
    
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Cindy Georgakas on October 8, 2023 at 1:29 pm said:

Congrats and sending good vibes your way❣️

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- robert okaji on October 8, 2023 at 2:14 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Cindy. Good vibes are always appreciated!
  
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  - Cindy Georgakas on October 8, 2023 at 6:32 pm said:
    
    You’re very welcome.. Happy to know💕
    
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beth on October 8, 2023 at 3:21 pm said:

congrats to you, and poetry certainly carries power within it

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- robert okaji on October 8, 2023 at 4:55 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Beth. And yes, indeed!
  
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Andrew McDowell on October 8, 2023 at 4:13 pm said:

Congratulations, Robert.

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- robert okaji on October 8, 2023 at 4:58 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Andrew!
  
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  - Andrew McDowell on October 9, 2023 at 5:45 pm said:
    
    You’re welcome.
    
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Lynne Burnett on October 8, 2023 at 5:34 pm said:

Delightful, Bob – and congrats again!

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- robert okaji on October 8, 2023 at 5:36 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Lynne. It was fun to write.
  
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  - Lynne Burnett on October 8, 2023 at 5:37 pm said:
    
    And such a happy ending – you married your muse!
    
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    - robert okaji on October 8, 2023 at 5:38 pm said:
      
      😀Yep!
      
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Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr on October 8, 2023 at 6:43 pm said:

Congratulations, Bob.

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- robert okaji on October 8, 2023 at 6:44 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Ken!
  
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memadtwo on October 8, 2023 at 9:24 pm said:

I love the humor that infuses so many of your poems. You have a great affection for life in all its permutations and I appreciate that. (K)

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- robert okaji on October 8, 2023 at 9:40 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Kerfe. Life is good, and often hilarious.
  
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  - memadtwo on October 9, 2023 at 9:18 am said:
    
    Thank goodness!
    
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    - robert okaji on October 9, 2023 at 10:45 am said:
      
      Amen to that!
      
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Susi Bocks on October 10, 2023 at 5:57 pm said:

Congrats, Robert!

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Jazz Jaeschke on October 11, 2023 at 12:10 pm said:

Delightful playful poem – congrats on publication (and marriage – just what your prosaic life needed!)

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- robert okaji on October 11, 2023 at 12:54 pm said:
  
  Ha! Yes, it all worked out!
  
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Frank Hudson on October 11, 2023 at 6:55 pm said:

Well, though a commoner, you apparently married a woman with a title.

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- robert okaji on October 11, 2023 at 6:57 pm said:
  
  Ha! Indeed I did!
  
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zdunno03 on October 12, 2023 at 4:34 am said:

Talk about fringe benefits. Congratulations on both publication & marriage.

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- robert okaji on October 12, 2023 at 1:48 pm said:
  
  Ah, poetry!
  
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  - zdunno03 on October 12, 2023 at 6:26 pm said:
    
    Couldn’t be anything else.
    
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    - robert okaji on October 13, 2023 at 3:35 pm said:
      
      So true.
      
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ronthroopartist on October 26, 2023 at 7:50 pm said:

The power of poetry indeed!
My bad poems won Rose nearly 30 years ago. But we were young:)

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- robert okaji on October 26, 2023 at 7:51 pm said:
  
  Yes! I often still feel young. Until I move…
  
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