“Double Agent” (Poem in The Long-Islander)

Robert Peake — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:17:05 +0000

I came home tonight to a strange package from New York. In it was a copy of the August 11^th issue of The Long Islander, bearing one of my poems. Regarding this historic American newspaper from England, it seems curious to note that its founding by Walt Whitman in 1838 was in the Victorian era, when our North London flat was built. And the location of “Ojai, Ca” beneath my name, once second nature, is finally beginning to feel remote.

I wrote this poem long before I dreamed I’d end up here. My relocation gives the title a new shade of meaning for me, as I seek to blend in with strange surroundings. Sometimes I am unsure myself just whose side I really am on.

Many thanks again to George Wallace for publishing this poem. Click here to read the clipping.

Poem in the Long-Islander

Robert Peake — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:43:46 +0000

Click to read the poem

The Long-Islander was founded by Walt Whitman 1838. Fellow Pacific University MFA alumnus George Wallace edits their weekly poetry column. Last week, they featured one of my poems. “Recipe for the Broken” loosely follows the English sonnet form. You can view a larger, legible version of the clipping by clicking here. How satisfying, indeed, to have a poem printed beneath the gaze of Whitman himself.

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“Double Agent” (Poem in The Long-Islander)

Poem in the Long-Islander