Jerusalem Engine Repair Company

The Jerusalem Engine Repair Company is a collection of animated poems selected from my published works. I hope you enjoy these short fil...

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Fresh Butterfly Milk
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20:29:46 05/21/07

I wrote this piece for a friend going through a very difficult time in her life. The title is from a Dr. Seuss book, but I won't say which one.

Fresh Butterfly Milk

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Fresh Butterfly Milk

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I wrote this piece for a friend going through a very difficult time in her life. The title is from a Dr. Seuss book, but I won't say which one.

Auxiliaries
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21:50:23 05/20/07

Sometimes it's all about the meetings. This piece is part of my Jerusalem Engine Repair Company collection now available online.

Auxiliaries

Added 05/21/07
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Auxiliaries

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Sometimes it's all about the meetings. This piece is part of my Jerusalem Engine Repair Company collection now available online.

The Jerusalem Engin...
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16:27:35 05/17/07

The Jerusalem Engine Repair Company collection is a visual adaptation of poet Michael Pollick's award-winning work. The pieces run the gamut from love to loss, rel...

The Jerusalem Engine Repair Company

Added 05/17/07
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The Jerusalem Engine Repair Company

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The Jerusalem Engine Repair Company collection is a visual adaptation of poet Michael Pollick's award-winning work. The pieces run the gamut from love to loss, religion to war.

Believer's Guide to...
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13:50:20 05/17/07

This is based on a true story. An elderly farmer found a balloon from a Memphis church behind his farm in northeastern Alabama. During an interview with a local te...

Believer's Guide to Drifting

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Believer's Guide to Drifting

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This is based on a true story. An elderly farmer found a balloon from a Memphis church behind his farm in northeastern Alabama. During an interview with a local television news crew, the man broke down and wept. This poem is part of my Jerusalem Engine Repair Company collection now available online.

Washing Day
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13:33:02 05/17/07

Sometimes the same door which opens so wide on one side can remain desperately shut on the other. This poem is part of my Jerusalem Engine Repair Company collect...

Washing Day

Added 05/17/07
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Washing Day

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Sometimes the same door which opens so wide on one side can remain desperately shut on the other. This poem is part of my Jerusalem Engine Repair Company collection now available online,

sea of reeds
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11:21:47 05/16/07

This piece was written after I drove back to Pennsylvania for my grandmother's funeral. You just had to know her.

sea of reeds

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sea of reeds

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This piece was written after I drove back to Pennsylvania for my grandmother's funeral. You just had to know her.

Surprise Makeover
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22:04:22 05/15/07

I watched a daytime talk show a few years ago with the theme "Surprise Makeovers". All of their guests were either battered women or prostitutes. It seemed to me t...

Surprise Makeover

Added 05/16/07
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Surprise Makeover

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I watched a daytime talk show a few years ago with the theme "Surprise Makeovers". All of their guests were either battered women or prostitutes. It seemed to me that the producers and hosts were more concerned with the makeovers themselve than the real-life plights of these women.

Snapshot: Kittannin...
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21:52:24 05/15/07

My people have always lived in the western Pennsylvania region, in and around Pittsburgh. I remember visiting my parents' hometown when I was a child and I often f...

Snapshot: Kittanning, Pennsylvania 1963

Added 05/16/07
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Snapshot: Kittanning, Pennsylvania 1963

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My people have always lived in the western Pennsylvania region, in and around Pittsburgh. I remember visiting my parents' hometown when I was a child and I often felt like the whole area was somehow frozen in time.

Oven
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20:53:46 05/15/07

My mother was a young housewife in the 1970s, and I remember we would all huddle around the gas oven in our kitchen on cold mornings. Sometimes we pick and choose ...

Oven

Added 05/16/07
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Oven

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My mother was a young housewife in the 1970s, and I remember we would all huddle around the gas oven in our kitchen on cold mornings. Sometimes we pick and choose the moments we want to remember about our childhoods very, very carefully.

Modern Cuts for Mod...
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20:41:48 05/15/07

This piece is based on true events, although I've changed some of the names. The younger son of a prominent local family was stabbed to death outside a halfway hou...

Modern Cuts for Modern Men

Added 05/16/07
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Modern Cuts for Modern Men

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This piece is based on true events, although I've changed some of the names. The younger son of a prominent local family was stabbed to death outside a halfway house. He had gotten into an argument with a homeless man over a bottle of cheap wine.

Living in Petra
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20:02:02 05/15/07

The real Petra was a city carved completely out of rock along the ancient Spice Road. The Petra in this piece could be just about anywhere, I suppose.

Living in Petra

Added 05/16/07
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Living in Petra

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The real Petra was a city carved completely out of rock along the ancient Spice Road. The Petra in this piece could be just about anywhere, I suppose.

Foot Washing
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19:04:42 05/15/07

Sometimes we forget how visceral the conversion experience can be.

Foot Washing

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Foot Washing

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Sometimes we forget how visceral the conversion experience can be.

Cuidado
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18:54:28 05/15/07

For a number of years, the US government ran a training school for South American despots in Fort Benning, Georgia. It was origijnally called the School of the Ame...

Cuidado

Added 05/15/07
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Cuidado

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For a number of years, the US government ran a training school for South American despots in Fort Benning, Georgia. It was origijnally called the School of the Americas, or SOA. Those in the know called it the School of the Assassins.

Flesh and Principal...
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18:31:21 05/15/07

This piece was inspired by the work of Voice of the Martyrs, a Christian organization addressing the ongoing oppression of relgious leaders of all faiths.

Flesh and Principalities

Added 05/15/07
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Flesh and Principalities

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This piece was inspired by the work of Voice of the Martyrs, a Christian organization addressing the ongoing oppression of relgious leaders of all faiths.

Collateral Damage R...
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18:18:05 05/15/07

What if TS Eliot had written "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" as a WWII poem?

Collateral Damage Report

Added 05/15/07
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Collateral Damage Report

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What if TS Eliot had written "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" as a WWII poem?

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