Old Roads, New Stories:
Poems as Rakes
by Rob Carney
A Literary Series
So there’s this joke I heard once—I forget where—that goes something like this:
A Dean of Humanities ... Read More...
Old Roads, New Stories:
Extra Credit If You Read This at Work
by Rob Carney
A Literary Series
My wife Jen is telling a story about work. She teaches at Meadowlark Elementary (Go Larks!), and there... Read More...
Old Roads, New Stories:
Día de los Muertos
by Rob Carney
A Literary Series
Say you’re adrift like I am. Say it’s 81 miles from this spot to Next Services, plus or minus the sun ... Read More...
Old Roads, New Stories:
I’d Rather be a Hawk
by Rob Carney
A Literary Series
Like me, my friend Jason hates sestinas. Here’s what he wrote in a poem of his recently:
I was at a p... Read More...
Old Roads, New Stories:
In the Beginning was the Word
by Rob Carney
A Literary Series
Despite the political time we’re living in now, we can’t let Habit and Lack of Imagination win. Habit ... Read More...
Old Roads, New Stories:
Where the Rockies Were Born
by Rob Carney
A Literary Series
Take I-90 to St. Regis. Then the road to St. Ignatius. Then north from there, past the church, old and... Read More...
Old Roads, New Stories:
Environmental Clean-Up
by Rob Carney
A Literary Series
Salt Lake City:
It made the newspaper here—this weed that’s swallowed the foothills and taken hold in... Read More...
Old Roads, New Stories:
Hello, Poetry Month
by Rob Carney
A Literary Series
I was walking across campus recently. It was squint-bright sunny. There were puddles on the grou... Read More...
Old Roads, New Stories:
Seven Seeds
by Rob Carney
A Literary Series
Some things, even important things like another news day of scandal (the whole ditch-flow of murk whe... Read More...
Old Roads, New Stories:
What Would You Do with a Mini Canoe?
by Rob Carney
A Literary Series
One day my son up and told me, “Hey, Dad, I know a good job for you.”
“Yeah?” I said. “What’s that?”... Read More...
Old Roads, New Stories:
Two Cures for Billboards
by Rob Carney
A Literary Series
In the Blue Mountains up in Oregon, they don’t mess around. It’s different than eastern Washing... Read More...
Old Roads, New Stories:
Poetry as Collage
by Rob Carney
A Literary Series
What Are Your Skills?
Every year at Sea School
we were taught that glaciers purr
and ice floes, h... Read More...
