My Town
Like an an old person with some major surgery,
Belpre has its small areas of clotted memory
continuing, in the humdrum way,
the habits of its form...
Harmar Tavern
Years ago, the old fellow from the worm shop nearby
would shuffle in for his afternoon beer to escape the heat.
He’d rest his cane and in the c...
Marietta Home Tour
Who would have imagined such culture and beauty
behind the façade of Appalachia?
Regal, slender, grey-haired matrons glide through homes
of original rooms with ten-foot ceilings of original plasterwork relief,
...
Wife Poem #62 / Dave Childers and The Carpenter Ants!
Last night we listened to
Dave Childers and The Carpenter Ants!
wail it in a deserted conference room
...
Devouring Cold Watermelon in This Anonymous River Town
Big, oblong, and mottled green,
flat and faded yellow on the bottom
where they’ve sat in the field...
Carl Nelson lives in Belpre with his wife, son (away at college) cat and dog, "Tater Tot". He moseys about between chores, writing poems and chipping away on his self-help book, The Poets Weight Loss Plan, a book of poetry and weight loss strategy.
