Dear Friends,

I have gathered a selection of my poetry from the last twenty-five years into a book called THE SEASONS. (You can preview or order the book here.)

I am grateful to everyone who has read and responded to the poems over the years. I will continue posting my new work here and in twenty-five years (or less) I will have book number two ready for you.

Warmly,

Kevin











Black sky





The storm 
passed over
and headed out 
across Iowa.

Since it is sunset
everything 
in the east
is illuminated 
against the black.

The glowing 
green tops 
of trees 
and white peaks
of roofs

illuminated.

It has been 
a year since 
my mother died.

I watch 
my daughter
and wonder 
if time
might move 
in circles
like everything else.

Vast arcs.

There are
old windows
on the prairie
that are filled 

only with stars 
and the unbounded sky.








































































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the poetry of Kevin Lawler

The gift economy . . .
from Wiki - In anthropology and the social sciences, a gift economy is a mode of exchange where valuable goods and services are regularly given without any explicit agreement for immediate or future rewards. Ideally, voluntary and recurring gift exchange circulates and redistributes wealth throughout a community, and serves to build societal ties and obligations.


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