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Tim McLafferty

Timothy McLafferty: Twice Dead

June 16, 2016 by PBQ

Odilon Redon painted Saint Sebastian many times, the standard image: bound to a plane tree and bristling with arrows. Left for dead by Emperor Diocletian it was Saint Irene who carried him home and nursed him back to health. Once mended, he resumed his ministries, until one day seeing the emperor pass by, he must […]

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Timothy McLafferty: *

June 16, 2016 by PBQ

It’s rocks you’re after and you rake the way glaciers convey erratics :stones that hold all losses —your hand sweeps the water-shine contour without trace calibrating ear to sea :a music bent —all stones sing out as deaf composers insist a Grosse Fuge —those broken waves, the sound of earth drinking. —for Simon Perchik

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Tim McLafferty

April 17, 2013 by PBQ

Tim McLafferty lives in NYC and works as a musician. His poems have appeared in Pearl, Crate, Barrow Street, Painted Bride Quarterly and elsewhere. He is the poetry editor at Forge Journal. timmclafferty.com

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Tim McLafferty: Noh for Dudes

March 30, 2013 by PBQ

What you are now we used to be; what we are now you will be.                  —Capuchin Crypt, Rome   Downer. Yeah.   The thing is, they’re right; at least about the second part. Yep.   So, what’s the point of all this ruminating on Death, anyway?   I think it’s to make you appreciate life. […]

Filed Under: Contributors 86, Issue 86, Poetry, Poetry 86 Tagged With: Contributors 86, Poetry, Poetry 86, Tim McLafferty

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