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Hunter Gagnon

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Hunter Gagnon
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Quarantine

Poems written from the confusion / distortion / paranoia / transformation of COVID-19 shelter-in-place / quarantine measures.

Quarantine poem #84 – Night Music Journal, November 2020

They took my in the yellow tunnel of the end 7pm before they start the fire behind the wood piles and piles of t-posts They kept the dogs … Read more

Quarantine poem #163, #169, “Of the gold-collared dogs” – Anti-Heroin Chic, October 2020

With a long knife in the thin reeds in the back trails dressed in ticks and worried inchworms I heard them talking… Read more at Anti-Heroin Chic

Quarantine poem #78, #150, #151 – POETiCA Review, October 2020

I had to listen yellow toys and spiked weeds and yellow and white flowers and a windy marsh love falls on my head with its sheets of fear … Read more

Quarantine poem #166 the virus lands – Lightplay, August 2020

These mosquito dog lands and risen rivers after turquoise morning thunder lands These desert town lands of gas pumps and lightning rods… Read more at Lightplay

Quarantine poem #131, #128, #125 – Stay Journal, July 2020

Late in the heart, beyond the night, worried for the gas station hand, the glass cocoa bottle, emptied of powder, holds wine, with its snapped top, the sheep … Read more

Quarantine poem #82: what I saw from the yard – Anatolios Magazine, June 2020

Saw a face in the woods   it        was in a tree     the vast   mist of it… Read more at Anatolios Magazine

Quarantine poem #8 – Cabildo Quarterly, May 2020

Pulled by the country Pulled by the continent and its influx Why does fire live in the throat? Squat there? Why is the heart always infected? … Read … Read more

Quarantine poem #19, #20, #25 – 7×7, May 2020

441,187 confirmed 19,784 deaths 111,933 recovered 55,568 (US) (still 3rd place) 3/25/20 it surges through like bags of burnt air eats the lung chews it to original mash … Read more

Quarantine poem #18, #60 – A) Glimpse) Of), May 2020

407,485 confirmed 18,227 deaths 104,234 recovered 49,768 US (3rd place) 3/24/20 in the morning Johns Hopkins On wifi signal, then The day came the night came It fed … Read more

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  • Published (16)
  • Poetry (23)
    • Quarantine (9)
    • Superorganism (9)
    • Misc (4)
  • Fiction (3)

All

  • “From the Age of Shifted Nice Things #4405” – Sledgehammer Literary Journal, May 2021
  • “Toward the handgun neighbors + heroin people of little river rd,” “Dover, nh, facility for health” – What Are Birds, January 2021
  • Quarantine poem #84 – Night Music Journal, November 2020
  • York County Sermon #5
  • Quarantine poem #163, #169, “Of the gold-collared dogs” – Anti-Heroin Chic, October 2020
  • Quarantine poem #78, #150, #151 – POETiCA Review, October 2020
  • Quarantine poem #166 the virus lands – Lightplay, August 2020
  • Quarantine poem #131, #128, #125 – Stay Journal, July 2020
  • When their underground paradise is extinguished by heaven, n-95 respirator strongly advised – Noyo River Review, June 2020
  • Quarantine poem #82: what I saw from the yard – Anatolios Magazine, June 2020
  • Quarantine poem #8 – Cabildo Quarterly, May 2020
  • The House of Relish – 7×7, collaboration with Ryan Grossman, May 2020
  • Quarantine poem #19, #20, #25 – 7×7, May 2020
  • Quarantine poem #18, #60 – A) Glimpse) Of), May 2020
  • The Tiger Stand – Joyland Magazine, December 2017
  • Two Priests of Old Time – Abramelin, April 2020
  • The Shooting of New New Holt – Noyo River Review, April 2017
  • Facebook superorgansim #161 (6/19/20)
  • Facebook superorganism #160 (6/18/20)
  • Facebook superorganism #159 (6/17/20)
  • Facebook superorganism #158 (6/16/20)
  • Facebook superorganism #157 (6/15/20)
  • Facebook superorganism #156 (6/14/20)
  • Facebook superorganism #155 (6/13/20)
  • Facebook superorganism #154 (6/12/20)
  • Facebook superorganism #153 (6/11/20)

Archives

  • Published (16)
  • Poetry (23)
    • Quarantine (9)
    • Superorganism (9)
    • Misc (4)
  • Fiction (3)

Poems

  • “From the Age of Shifted Nice Things #4405” – Sledgehammer Literary Journal, May 2021
  • “Toward the handgun neighbors + heroin people of little river rd,” “Dover, nh, facility for health” – What Are Birds, January 2021
  • Quarantine poem #84 – Night Music Journal, November 2020
  • York County Sermon #5
  • Quarantine poem #163, #169, “Of the gold-collared dogs” – Anti-Heroin Chic, October 2020
  • Quarantine poem #78, #150, #151 – POETiCA Review, October 2020
  • Quarantine poem #166 the virus lands – Lightplay, August 2020
  • Quarantine poem #131, #128, #125 – Stay Journal, July 2020
  • When their underground paradise is extinguished by heaven, n-95 respirator strongly advised – Noyo River Review, June 2020
  • Quarantine poem #82: what I saw from the yard – Anatolios Magazine, June 2020
  • Quarantine poem #8 – Cabildo Quarterly, May 2020
  • The House of Relish – 7×7, collaboration with Ryan Grossman, May 2020
  • Quarantine poem #19, #20, #25 – 7×7, May 2020
  • Quarantine poem #18, #60 – A) Glimpse) Of), May 2020
  • The Tiger Stand – Joyland Magazine, December 2017
  • Two Priests of Old Time – Abramelin, April 2020
  • The Shooting of New New Holt – Noyo River Review, April 2017
  • Facebook superorgansim #161 (6/19/20)
  • Facebook superorganism #160 (6/18/20)
  • Facebook superorganism #159 (6/17/20)
  • Facebook superorganism #158 (6/16/20)
  • Facebook superorganism #157 (6/15/20)
  • Facebook superorganism #156 (6/14/20)
  • Facebook superorganism #155 (6/13/20)
  • Facebook superorganism #154 (6/12/20)
  • Facebook superorganism #153 (6/11/20)
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