Jack Powers

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      • Gateway: Norwalk Nights
    • Videos
    • Praise for Everybody’s Vaguely Familiar
    • The Subjects of Jack Powers’ Poems are Universal: Robert Knox Review
    • Everybody’s Vaguely Familiar Press Release
    • Jack Powers Interview By Aura Martin
    • Review in the Redding Sentinel
    • Sample Poems
      • A Mother’s Tale
      • At the Museum of Medical Oddities
      • Counting
      • CURSE OF BOYFRIEND SCORNED
      • Eleven
      • Eleven & A Mother’s Tale
      • How to Write a College Essay
      • HOW TO WRITE A COLLEGE ESSAY
      • Keeper
      • Lover/Loved?
      • REJOICE IN THE CAT
      • SMOKIN’ A REAL COOL BRAND
      • The Body
      • The God of Stupidity
      • The God of Stupidity
      • TO MY TRIGONOMETRY TEACHER
      • Tough Love published in Salamander Issue 54
      • TWO WEEKS AFTER JUDGMENT DAY
      • Tying Granny to a chair was wrong, of course,
      • WRITING YOUR OWN OBITUARY
      • Yes, Brad, we’re in the midst of the hurricane now.
      • BEING A DICK
  • Fiction
    • “Back in the Picture” in The Writers’ Journal
    • “Eleven Ways the World Could End” from 34 Orchard
    • LivDödKonst from Inkwell Fall 2023
    • Mudslide from Haymaker
    • Push Hands from On Spec
  • Essays
    • Alone Together
    • As You Can See
    • Four Proud Parents
    • God Willin’
    • The Value of Pennies
    • Torturing the Teacher
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    • College Writing
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        • Extra Journal Entry Ideas
      • Feature Article Assignment
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          • Finding The Right School: Sometimes it Takes Two Tries
          • Jack of All Trades
          • Then One Day it was Quiet
      • Final Self-Evaluation
      • Midterm Self-Evaluation
      • Personal Essay Assignment
        • Personal Essay Examples
          • 7.3 Billion Different Ways to See
          • As You Can See, I’m Dying
          • Clown Car
          • Conqueror of the Darkness
          • Driving Through
          • Eavesdropping: Jeannie Reiss
          • God Willin’
          • Melted
          • Numb
          • The Philosopher
          • Vivian, Sweet Vivian
      • Poetry Assignment
      • Position Paper Assignment
        • Position Paper Examples
          • Bring Back Home Economics: A Recipe for Success
          • A True Valentine
          • All Work & No Play
          • The Proof is in the Snuggie
      • Rubrics
      • Short Story Assignment
      • Submit to the Wayfarer
      • The Three Poisons’ List
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      • Feature Article Assignment
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      • TJ’s Poem
      • WFC English B
Jack Powers

Sample Poems

Holy Shitballs!
Rob Smuniewski is Dead
The God of Stupidity
The Body
Counting
In Praise of Heart Attacks
In Fear of Heart Attacks
Man on the Floor
After the Funeral
At the Museum of Medical Oddities
Signs

 

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