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poetry

the best words in the best order,
which, unless noted, is ©2005-2012 Nathaniel Barrett.

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recent poems (since 2008)

• ode to my receding hairline
• the ease of communication in the 21st century
• tonight i cook risotto and
• hunting
• april

sonnet contest entries

• all 11 sonnets from the first-annual GRSF sonnet contest (pdf)
• "why?"
• the light will never shine *
• after
• pleasure centers
• after life *
• on the first date i found out he wasn't exactly as advertised *

other sonnets

• sequence of sonnets, including many from contest entries above (pdf)
• wedding sonnet

other poems, older poems, & juvenalia

• flooding
• what secrets
• broken shards of glass and the end of the world
• grampa's secret
• as i pour the rock salt
• from an oyster
• the portrait
• questions on the road to elope in las vegas
• death of a young bird (j)
• the river (j)
• currents (j)

effing around

• in hell
• first light at dawn

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