Monthly Archives: June 2015

Book Review: Kate Atkinson’s “Life After Life” and “A God in Ruins”

Posted on June 10, 2015 by jaurquhart

©2015 by Jack A. Urquhart   (Twitter @EvryManJac)         1580 words “When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will … Continue reading →

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For All I Care, a prose poem

Posted on June 7, 2015 by jaurquhart

©2015 by Jack A. Urquhart                (For Dillon) In another dream You return to me, arms outstretched, a child again asking to be held. The weight of you against my quickening heart is like … Continue reading →

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Tinnitus (a prose poem)

Posted on June 4, 2015 by jaurquhart

©2015 by Jack A. Urquhart Listen a moment and you will hear it, the universal jingle— electric, crepitating, omnipresent in your head. Barely a hearbeat’s respite before here it comes again— the tympanic soap opera; the static Plop, Plop, Fizz, … Continue reading →

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