At sunset, cardinals and cowbirds,
black-capped chickadees and red-winged black birds
fall quiet in tangles of ditch willow.
The shadow of Lincoln’s tomb
pierces the city, knifes furrows.
Central Illinois
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Patrick Dobson
Patrick Dobson was founded in 1962. He is a writer, scholar, ironworker, and poet who lives in Kansas City, MO. He is author of two books with the University of Nebraska Press, Seldom Seen: A Journey into the Great Plains (2009) and Canoeing the Great Plains: A Missouri River Summer (May 2015). Dobson is a work in progress until termination. View all posts by Patrick Dobson