Two Poems

By Jack Lindeman
February 10, 2014
Poetry
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Traveler

I go by myself
to where I am supposed to be
without ever being sure
I have arrived

 

 

In Truth

How long to be endured
no one can say
being a small discomfort
to others

Published in the February 21, 2014 issue: 
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Jack Lindeman’s newest chapbook is Measuring Dorcas (Finishing Line Press). New poems have recently appeared in Abbey, California Quarterly, The Cape Rock, Chiron Review, Confrontation, and Poetry Now.

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