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Carmen Barefield

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    List of Publications

    “To my mother” — Longlisted for the 2025 Mass Poetry Festival First Poem Contest “Love All of God’s Creature”…

    October 1, 2024
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    My Work

    Philando Castile

    I’ve watchedtoo many movies withprosthetic heads explodinggory scenes and blood splashingthe camera for effectas the hero saves the world,too…

    October 1, 2024
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    My Work

    Divination

    If I couldI would pull back the fabricof the universe and the divine.Search the pin pricks of stars,watch the…

    October 21, 2021
  • A photo of Ahmaud Arbery. The headshot is sepia toned, but his smile is bright. He rests his hand on the bill of his baseball cap.
    My Work

    Thinking of Ahmaud

    A Sunday afternoon in February. Maybe it was a warm day in Georgia when Ahmaud Arbery went for a…

    May 7, 2020
  • My Work

    What They Have in Common

    She once told me that when you seea monarch butterfly pass yousomeone is saying hello from heaven.The one who…

    October 24, 2019
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