Written in the voice of an old man, this poem paints a picture of a life lived in service to simplicity.  "Backbone" concludes Season One of "Why Am I Telling You This?".
Excerpted from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50532408-how-to-carry-soup">How To Carry Soup</a> by <a href="https://cmrivers.com/">C.M. Rivers</a> (Homebound Publications).  This poem first appeared in Red River Review.

Written in the voice of an old man, this poem paints a picture of a life lived in service to simplicity. "Backbone" concludes Season One of "Why Am I Telling You This?". Excerpted from How To Carry Soup by C.M. Rivers (Homebound Publications). This poem first appeared in Red River Review.

Written in the voice of an old man, this poem paints a picture of a life lived in service to simplicity. &nbsp;"Backbone" concludes Season One of "Why Am I Telling You This?".
Excerpted from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50532408-how-to-carry-soup" rel="noopener noreferrer">How To Carry Soup</a> by <a href="https://cmrivers.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">C.M. Rivers</a>&nbsp;(Homebound Publications). &nbsp;This poem first appeared in Red River Review.&nbsp;

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Pause with C.M. Rivers for a moment of poetry or an occasional report from his observatory, which houses notebooks in lieu of telescopes.

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