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Paul Benton

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

Paul Benton was born in Sedalia, Missouri (short-lived home of Scott Joplin) and learned early on to love and appreciate poetry and wordplay through Dr Seuss and Edgar Allen Poe. He has had poetry appear in dozens of journals including … Continue reading →

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The Ice Cream Man Is Burning

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

The place is on fire the entire place flames devour holy man and infidel alike the young girls unblemished, lurch down the street human torch-light uncorrupted, screams buzz saw into smoke pigeons dissolve into feathery ash. I have found the … Continue reading →

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The Magical

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

The breeze, the light, the warmth, the grass, the shadows, the paper, the lines around everything, the leaves, the cigarette butts, the tourists, the mothers, the sons, the sleeping cats, the waving American flag, the beat drummed, the electric guitar, … Continue reading →

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On the East Bank of the Mississippi River, New Orleans

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Ijagun Poetry Journal

They come here to drown they don’t know it but they come here, they come here to drown even if it isn’t certain they don’t know what they are doing they come here to this place this time to drown … Continue reading →

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