Shooting Rabbits at Dinnertime
This is my response to Rabbits and Fire, by Alberto Rios. Unfortunately, it's a true story.
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Carol Everett Adams
Jan 21, 20231 min read
You are the mom you are the mom you are the
This poem came to me after a psychic reading I did for a friend.
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Carol Everett Adams
Nov 2, 20221 min read
It Was the First Concert for Some of the Victims
I wrote this poem after the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017.
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Carol Everett Adams
Sep 5, 20221 min read
So She Covers Her Lovely Face
This erasure poem was published in Euphony. The found text is from Billy Sunday: The Man and His Message, by William T. Ellis in 1914.
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Carol Everett Adams
Jun 30, 20221 min read
Growing Up in Dad's House of Can't
This poem was published in The Midwest Quarterly. It was inspired by the book Dating Jesus by Susan Campbell.
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Carol Everett Adams
Jun 18, 20221 min read
Walt Disney World on my iPhone
I love paper theme park maps! I still use them rather than the ones in the Disney app.
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Carol Everett Adams
Jun 12, 20221 min read
Viet Cong in the Rec Room
My Dad served in the Army and was in Vietnam. I have a handful of war poems, not all of them published. This one only appears here.
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Carol Everett Adams
Jun 3, 20221 min read
Candace's Canopy Bed
This poem was published in the print journal Pudding Magazine.
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Carol Everett Adams
May 12, 20221 min read
Preschool Astronomy Book
This poem was published in the print journal Zone 3. I was inspired by a book I read to my son every night.
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Carol Everett Adams
May 3, 20221 min read
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
This poem references standing in long Disney World lines, which I did for many, many hours as a child. It appears in Sweet Tree Review.
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