Wendy Vardaman has lived in Finland, Italy, the east coast, the west coast, the south, and many states between. She has never owned a car and is always planning the next trip. One of Madison, Wisconsin’s Poets Laureate, Wendy is also co-editor/webmaster of Verse Wisconsin, and co-editor of the forthcoming anthology, Echolocations, Poets Map Wisconsin. Visit her here.
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You want to run. Get shed of this place, these boys, their stuff. There’s never time enough for your work, whatever that is, and never any help. …
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