Brian Brown

BRIAN BROWN {[email protected]} lives in Utah Valley and works for a scrapbooking company to support his wife and four small children. He earned an MA in literature and writing from Utah State University, where his poetry placed first in the graduate level of the school’s creative writing contest. He is cur￾rently working on finding that balance between writing and living while also trying to squeeze in some music.

Puzzled

Articles/Essays – Volume 46, No. 2

Two thousand pieces, but who 
counts them? Each a puzzle 
unto itself, a question of interlocking 
limbs and sockets. Each a question 

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Emptying Pockets

Articles/Essays – Volume 46, No. 2

Unload on the dresser top 
black brick cell phone, keys, 
waxy-wrapped cough drops, 
two mechanical pencils, Hertz 

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Beyond (on the Beach)

Articles/Essays – Volume 46, No. 2

Somewhere beyond our fire’s glow, 
beyond the pops and hisses of the wood, 

somewhere beyond the cool sand 
covering my feet as I curl and uncurl my toes,

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