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











Fall






Thick, dark air
and the bee’s heavy song. 

The cool front pushing 
the wild greentops back.



Coffins rumble 
in the storm.

And here comes night
so dizzy with the dance.





Children recite
the Failure prayer. 

A row of glass jars 
rattles by the door.




The Elders are bent
and waiting to ascend

in a room where time
is beginning to end. 






























































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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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