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Kathy Fish: Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild
Copyright 2023 Kathy Fish. First published in Jellyfish Review. Included in Vox Populi by permission of the author.
Kathy Fish’s books include Wild Life: Collected Works from 2003-2018 published by Matter Press. Her writings have been widely published and reprinted, most recently in The Norton Reader.
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Gut punch…the kind we all need….
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Yes, it is. Thanks.
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Hit me in the gut. Thank you
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Me too, Barbara.
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OUCH, Kathy! And deep thanks…I’ve joined the sharing train.
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Thanks, Louise. I am awed by this poem.
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Had to share this.
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I have shared this poem so many times over the years. I know “poetry makes nothing happen” but that’s not the fault of poetry.
I remember my good husband saying after Sandy Hook that surely now our lawmakers would address our gun problem 😭
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In politics, money speaks more loudly than the grief of mothers and fathers.
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i agree: a small miracle. wonderful and thank you
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Thank YOU, Abby
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Well that got my attention! It should be on billboards.
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I agree. Very memorable poem.
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Perfectly devised and said!
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The poem is a small miracle.
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