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Ward Kelley
Each Time Incorrupt
Another Poems by Ward Kelley
The Granting of Wishes

Authors Notes

I return and return,
coming back,
coming back,
each time
incorrupt.
My flesh does not
decay, my face
does not vanish;
such an oddity,
being dug up.

For some odd reason
my body is acting
like everyone else'
soul, each time
incorrupt.

They cannot dig up
a soul, you know,
you know, so you
never see how it
stays the same.

Ward Kelley has seen more than 600 of his poems appear in journals world wide since he began publishing in 1996. A Pushcart Prize nominee, Kelley's publication credits include such journals as: ACM Another Chicago Magazine, Rattle, Sunstone, Spillway, Porcupine Literary Magazine, Pif, 2River View, Oblique, Offcourse, Potpourri and Skylark.
He has been honored as featured poet for Seeker Magazine, Physik Garden, Poetry Life & Times, and Pyrowords.

All contents copyright The New Journal, 2001.

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Ward Kelley Each Time Incorrupt	Another Poems by Ward Kelley The Granting of Wishes Authors Notes
I return and return, coming back, coming back, each time incorrupt. My flesh does not decay, my face does not vanish; such an oddity, being dug up. For some odd reason my body is acting like everyone else' soul, each time incorrupt. They cannot dig up a soul, you know, you know, so you never see how it stays the same.
Ward Kelley has seen more than 600 of his poems appear in journals world wide since he began publishing in 1996. A Pushcart Prize nominee, Kelley's publication credits include such journals as: ACM Another Chicago Magazine, Rattle, Sunstone, Spillway, Porcupine Literary Magazine, Pif, 2River View, Oblique, Offcourse, Potpourri and Skylark. He has been honored as featured poet for Seeker Magazine, Physik Garden, Poetry Life & Times, and Pyrowords.
All contents copyright The New Journal, 2001.