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Carol Everett Adams
Aug 5, 20231 min read
Shooting Rabbits at Dinnertime
This is my response to Rabbits and Fire, by Alberto Rios. Unfortunately, it's a true story.
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Barbara Saunders-Jones
Jul 17, 20231 min read
Gulf
I've long loved this poem. My friend, Barbara, wrote it, and has graciously allowed me to publish it here.
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Carol Everett Adams
Dec 6, 20221 min read
The Elk Poop in Serenity Pond
I wrote this poem in northern Arizona
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Carol Everett Adams
Aug 29, 20221 min read
Look Up
This is my purposefully-vague summary of a couple of evenings I spent in Sedona years ago watching for UFOs.
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Carol Everett Adams
Aug 21, 20221 min read
USA After Newtown, Connecticut
"A poem cannot stop a bullet. A novel can't defuse a bomb. But we are not helpless. We can sing the truth and name the liars." S. Rushdie
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Carol Everett Adams
Aug 5, 20221 min read
Scarlet Lady, I Call You To Me
Last fall, I got to sail on a Virgin Voyages ship called Scarlet Lady, and I've been obsessed with her ever since.
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Carol Everett Adams
Jul 2, 20221 min read
Elvis Presley, Slot Machine
I saw the Elvis movie last weekend (and loved it), so it seemed a good occasion to dust off this older poem and revise it a bit.
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Carol Everett Adams
May 30, 20221 min read
On the New Skyway at the Kansas City Zoo
The Kansas City Zoo's "Sky Safari" opened in 2011. I love that one of the rider guidelines is "Flip flops must be carried".
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Carol Everett Adams
May 26, 20221 min read
To Politicians After Uvalde
I was inspired by a Jimmy Kimmel monologue. Share this with any "leader" you think needs to read it.
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Carol Everett Adams
May 15, 20221 min read
Pendulum Loves Splash Mountain
This poem was published online by The Nonconformist Magazine. I'm very fond of my Pendulum poems and continue to build this series.
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Carol Everett Adams
May 9, 20221 min read
Tornado Goes to QuikTrip
This poem was published in The Avalon Literary Review. It's about a small group of people who survived a tornado in a freezer.
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Carol Everett Adams
May 6, 20221 min read
I Shoppe at Disneyland with Walt's Daughters
This poem about Walt Disney was published in Crack The Spine.
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Carol Everett Adams
May 3, 20221 min read
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
This poem references standing in long Disney World lines, which I did for many, many hours as a child. It appears in Sweet Tree Review.
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