MARCI PHOTO OP – by Tony Crawford, Poet-in-Residence, October 2017
Photo of Marci,
Volland Store volunteer,
taken unknowingly
sitting on front window seat,
texting messages, her back facing me
as I approached the building
just felt like a photo op
although we had met,
before leaving I learned of
13 year old Emmett,
Illinois Creek Road,
and future Store exhibit,
“Then and Now”
I indulged in
tales of being a poet,
yesterday’s ride on a four wheeler,
other, perhaps trivial, matters
important to me
Marci, and others, are why
I’m endeared to the Volland Store,
its people.
(October 9, 2017: The Bunkhouse; Trails End Road, Wabaunsee County, Kansas)
Mary and Jerry enjoying a laugh with Eric McHenry, immediate past Kansas Poet Laureate
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