Stephen Bunch lives and writes in Lawrence, Kansas. From 1978 to 1988 he edited and published the little magazine Tellus, which included work by Edward Dorn, Denise Low, Donald Levering, Jack Anderson, Paul Metcalf, Edward Sanders, Jane Hirshfield, Harley Elliot, and many others. His poems have appeared in many print and online publications. His e-chapbook, DisquiEtudes, was published by Mudlark in 2015. A book-length collection, Transmissions from Bone House, appeared in 2016. He also has been mapped.
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A Pueblo man, survivor of Bataan, 95 years, /
coughs on the other side of a thin wall, /
his body a thin question mark. …
On Sunday morning the Crystal Cathedral /
rises in straight lines and angles /
on a television screen in the Comfort Inn motel …
I wonder aloud if having eyes /
on the sides of his head /
makes it difficult to drive. …
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