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“no time for foreplay” – Papyrus, Volume 10, 2005

By Eric Dean | November 11, 2013 - 8:53 pm |November 11, 2013 Poetry

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This poem was originally published in Oklahoma State University’s Papyrus, Volume 10, in 2005.

fabric folds and flat expanses

By Eric Dean | September 4, 2013 - 2:14 pm |February 17, 2015 Poetry

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[This poem was first published in issue 9 of The Literary Hatchet. More details HERE] In the shadowed fabric folds and flat expanses of bed you’ve … more →

“Prelude to silence” (August, 2011)

By Eric Dean | August 26, 2013 - 6:28 pm |July 22, 2016 Poetry

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A volcano in the desert All it knows is reaching Tearful eruption Violent expression Full feeling Among quiet, shifting dunes. The sand urges … more →

Terrifying Things with Stingers and Wings

By Eric Dean | July 16, 2013 - 4:01 pm |November 8, 2013 What do I know?

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A few nights ago, I had a dream: I was in a multi-level, open floor plan, lodge-style house with a large open space in the … more →

2 a.m. on a Tuesday

By Eric Dean | July 9, 2013 - 2:24 pm |November 15, 2013 What do I know?

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You wake… and throw a sweaty arm through darkness in a perfect, practiced arc that impresses even you. Your hand, as if guided of its … more →

Moving Out

By Eric Dean | July 3, 2013 - 5:06 pm |February 20, 2014 Poetry

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(originally published here in The Commonline Journal) . . . Whatever you were seems more than you have become, but what you lost was dead … more →

“right is just love” by Eric Dean, 2011

By Eric Dean | May 8, 2013 - 3:05 pm |January 27, 2014 Poetry

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[Published in Tulsa Sunset Publications, issue #2 (2014)] That shiny armor’s gone, and I can’t compete with The me that met you, before I … more →

“Goddess lie down” by Eric Dean, 2004ish

By Eric Dean | May 8, 2013 - 3:03 pm |July 20, 2016 Poetry

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Goddess lie down. Must get so lonely on your mountain. Come and lie down in the dirt here next to me. Goddess, with your … more →

“two small purple flowers” by Eric Dean, 2003ish

By Eric Dean | May 8, 2013 - 3:02 pm |October 15, 2013 Poetry

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So I’m walking along this wooden fence…not atop, but next to. The fence is on my right, and it’s covered in dew. It’s probably early morning, because … more →

“for him” by Eric Dean, 2008ish

By Eric Dean | May 8, 2013 - 2:56 pm |June 15, 2015 Poetry

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[Originally published in issue #10 of The Literary Hatchet. You can find the poem on page 77 of the free download HERE, or order a print copy HERE.] … more →

“no time for foreplay” – Papyrus, Volume 10, 2005

fabric folds and flat expanses

“Prelude to silence” (August, 2011)

Terrifying Things with Stingers and Wings

2 a.m. on a Tuesday

Moving Out

“right is just love” by Eric Dean, 2011

“Goddess lie down” by Eric Dean, 2004ish

“two small purple flowers” by Eric Dean, 2003ish

“for him” by Eric Dean, 2008ish

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