Mrs. Nelson explained how to stand still and listen how peeling potatoes can be a form of prayer. She took After lunch she distributed worksheets voice. Then the class discussed falling asleep something important\u2014and how to believe Mrs. Nelson to draw a chalkboard diagram detailing and how not to squirm for sound when your own thoughts The English lesson was that\u00a0I am<\/em> And just before the afternoon bell, she made the math equation and feeling cold, and all those nights spent looking add up to something.<\/p>\n Brad Aaron Modlin<\/p>\n Brad Aaron Modlin earned his MFA from Bowling Green State and his PhD from Ohio University. His poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction have appeared in Denver Quarterly, The Florida Review, Indiana Review, DIAGRAM, River Teeth, Fourth Genre, and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Friday \u00a0January 19 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2014 \u00a0\u201cto stand still and listen to the wind\u201d Last November 25 someone sent me this poem, acting on a hunch that the poet would capture my attention. \u00a0I place poems sent to me this way … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2018\/01\/I-Am.jpg\")
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\nto the wind, how to find meaning in pumping gas,<\/em><\/p>\n
\nquestions on how not to feel lost in the dark.<\/p>\n
\nthat covered ways to remember your grandfather\u2019s<\/p>\n
\nwithout feeling you had forgotten to do something else\u2014<\/p>\n
\nthe house you wake in is your home. This prompted<\/p>\n
\nhow to chant the Psalms during cigarette breaks,<\/p>\n
\nare all you hear; also, that you have enough.<\/p>\n
\nis a complete sentence.<\/p>\n
\nlook easy. The one that proves that hundreds of questions,<\/p>\n
\nfor whatever it was you lost, and one person<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2018\/01\/Brad-Modlin.jpg\")
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