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About Mike Wilson

Mike Wilson’s work has appeared in magazines including Cagibi Literary Journal, Stoneboat, The Aurorean, The Ocotillo Review, London Reader, and in anthologies including for a better world 2020 and Anthology of Appalachian Writers Vol. X. He received Kentucky State Poetry Society’s Chaffin/Kash Prize in 2019. He resides in Lexington, Kentucky, but summers in Ecstasy and winters in Despair.

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2 Comments

  1. Mike, I love this poem. Your poems always teach me something, (petrichor) so the line – “the street’s petrichor rises like Lazarus” really is great! I loved the whole feel of this poem – like rolling thunder. Cheers.

    1. Thank you so much, Karen

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