I really like this poem by Tony Hoagland, published in teh Summer issue of the Three Penny Review. The language fairly explodes, taking the mundane act of filling the tank up and imbuing it with a metaphysical air.
South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press
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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.
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