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Famished (Pine Row Press, 2024) is the second volume of poetry from poet and songwriter Christopher Watkins.

2023

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No Wrong Notes

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Mar 2

Dear John Hammond Jr.

A different kind of “Dear John” letter

Dear John Hammond Jr.

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No Wrong Notes

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Oct 22, 2025

Born in Nebraska: The Springsteen Complexity

I have been a mendicant at the altar of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska for a very, very long time, and I was busy preaching the gospel of its…

Born in Nebraska: The Springsteen Complexity

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No Wrong Notes

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May 4, 2025

The Best Judas Priest Album

A 100% irrefutably flawless argument.

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No Wrong Notes

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May 3, 2025

Farewell Mike Peters. May we always take a stand in your spirit.

May we always remember you when the rain falls in the summertime.

Farewell Mike Peters. May we always take a stand in your spirit.

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No Wrong Writes

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Mar 7, 2025

Don’t tell me you feel grief, show me the storage space where you keep it

Thoughts on a wise and timely poem by Sonia Greenfield

Don’t tell me you feel grief, show me the storage space where you keep it Thoughts on a wise and timely poem by Sonia Greenfield

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No Wrong Writes

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Feb 14, 2025

Pretty in the dark

Are we not all the same under the rain, near the good lilac, and when reading a poem by Peter Mason?

Pretty in the dark

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No Wrong Writes

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Feb 5, 2025

When war enters your home

The everyday anguish of war, illness, and unfinished coffee in a poem by Ricks Carson.

When war enters your home

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Feb 1, 2025

There is no poetry for this

Words from a hill above a pool under the rain.

There is no poetry for this Words from a hill above a pool under the rain

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No Wrong Writes

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Jan 31, 2025

The repetition and the work

Carolann Caviglia Madden and the enactment of work as art and art as work.

The repetition and the work

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No Wrong Writes

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Jan 26, 2025

Borne for the duration of every poem

In “Good Night Brother,” Kimberly Burwick’s anarchic facility with words renders her lines elusive in their jolting beauty.

Borne for the duration of every poem

Christopher Watkins/Preacher Boy

Christopher Watkins/Preacher Boy

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Songwriter, poet. New Preacher Boy album "Ghost Notes" now available (Coast Road Records). Author of "Famished" (Pine Row Press).

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