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Tim Heerdink

Sixty-Seven Days in Utqiagvik

Twenty-four hours have passed          since the great star
collapsed from its       heavenly pedestal
for a sabbatical                        in the southern hemisphere.
Alaska deals with this phenomenon               of darkness
in months                    when ultraviolet waves prove to be
a blessing to the freezing,       destitute and alone.

Alarming numbers of suicide             are reported annually
all over Seattle, where the rain falls               more times than not.
Two-thousand miles north                  at the highest point,
I can imagine depression        winning more battles.

Surviving such a prolonged period                 in the pitch black
calls for celebration                            when the flames show their face
like distant relatives                back from holiday,
wondering                   where everyone disappeared to
during              their leave of absence.

Biography

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Tim Heerdink is the author of three poetry collections, The Human Remains, Red Flag and Other Poems, Razed Monuments, and the novel, Last Lights of a Dying Sun. Heerdink is president of the Midwest Writers Guild. His short stories, The Tithing of Man and HEA-VEN2, won first and second place in the guild's annual anthology contests. He also has poems published in Poetry Quarterly, Fish Hook, Flying Island, Kissing Dynamite, and various anthologies. He graduated from USI with a BA in English and resides in Newburgh, Indiana with his wife, daughter, and two cats.
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Website: timheerdink.com
Facebook: @TimHeerdinkWriter
Twitter: @THeerdink
 
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