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    For a Poet's Wunderkammer
    For a Poet's Wunderkammer
    For a Poet's Wunderkammer
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    For a Poet's Wunderkammer

    By Lynn Fullington

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    This is a curio cabinet full
    of the objects of our life.
    Miniature deserts,
    Small chili restaurants,
    and inch high roller coasters that
    tested our nerve and our poetic lives.
    Miniature poetry books in leather bindings
    piled in every corner and you closer than my very own heart
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateOct 3, 2012
    ISBN9781477260784
    For a Poet's Wunderkammer
    Author

    Lynn Fullington

    I have found the writing of poetry a most stimulating endeavor for over ten years following my retirement from teaching Gifted Students in the New Mexico public schools. I have a Doctorate in Education from Northern Illinois University which was designed to produce educational materials for the public schools including film and text materials both with and for the students Since my retirement I have written five chapbooks which I have designed and illustrated. I have also had poetry published on web zines, most specifically Snakeskin, an English poetry journal edited by George Simmers. This association has been a lively exchange for ten years with some guest editing. I hope there will be some interest in re-considering life’s problems in the context of some of the best literary achievements. If that doesn’t sound too presumptuous.

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      For a Poet's Wunderkammer - Lynn Fullington

      For a Poet’s

      Wunderkammer

      Lynn Fullington

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      AuthorHouse™

      1663 Liberty Drive

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      Phone: 1-800-839-8640

      © 2012 by Lynn Fullington. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 08/15/2012

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-6007-4 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-6078-4 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012914749

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      For a Poet’s

      Wunderkammer

      Acknowledgments

      A Question

      Collecting

      The Plight of the Collector

      The Plight of One Collected

      The Uncertainty of the Viewer

      A Scuffed Stone

      A Corkscrew

      A Matched-Pair of Sighs

      A Cricket

      Watching Words Go By

      Words Returned

      A Current

      A Thistle

      Peacocks

      Volcanoes

      A Half-way Lizard

      Chinese Peas

      A Bumble Bee

      Thirty-Two Keys

      A Wayward Nut

      A Chair with Four Legs

      A Desert Snail

      A Cockatiel Named George

      A Stetson

      An Eighteen Wheeler

      A Swiss Cuckoo

      Fresh, Untried Sunday

      A Whistle

      Hells with Doorbells

      A Chased

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