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      • 0.1 Intro
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      • 1.6 Transportation
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      • 1.10 Coming and Going
    • 2.1 Labor
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John Pierce

John Pierce is a teacher from the Texas Hill Country. Some of his recent work has appeared in Right Hand Pointing, Valley Voices, and Ometeca.

PoetryApril 12, 2016

On the San Saba

By John Pierce

Old timers tell of baptisms in the living water. Cascades of souls, clad full in white, down the muddy banks lives made right. We…

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PoetryMarch 8, 2016

An Ode to My Thin-Treaded Tires

By John Pierce

Our budget has now accounted for your replacement for one full year. In which I have neglected, in flat out utterness, to call a…

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About Topology

Topology Magazine

Topology Magazine is a place for active contemplation through prose, poetry, and art: the produce of thoughtful labor in the places where we find ourselves. Each person is inextricably tied to their physical location, and Topology cultivates that connection by publishing work which explicitly or implicitly recognizes the influence of place. Read more …

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  • Henry Bakker
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  • Rob Vander Giessen-Reitsma
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  • the daily asterisk
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  • Katie Hoogendam
  • Bethany Beachum
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  • Alex Quick
  • William Overbeeke
  • Amy Carpenter-Leugs
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  • Tom Springer
  • Uche Ogbuji
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  • Deborah Lewis
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  • Kathryn T. Jones
  • Raechelle Kennedy
  • Aline Lindemann
  • Bill Boerman-Cornell
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  • Nora Kirkham
  • Brother Abraham Newsom
  • Peter Freedman-Doan
  • Robert Andy Coombs
  • Elisabeth McClanahan
  • Neil E. Das
  • Lisa Witz
  • Gail Heffner
  • Luke Johnston
  • Alek Frost
  • Ian Randall Wilson
  • John Pierce
  • Sylvia Keesmaat
  • Chris Bullard
  • Katie Karnehm-Esh
  • Denise Frame Harlan
  • A. Non
  • Jeff Gundy
  • Randy Smit
  • Monica Sharman
  • Christine Darragh
  • J.C. Elkin
  • David Stewart
  • Amy Nemecek
  • John Davis Jr.
  • Joy Riggs
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  • Jacqueline Ristola
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  • Larry Kamphausen
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  • Kendra Stanton Lee
  • Rick Kempa
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  • Lynne S. Viti
  • Alan Van Wyk
  • Gail Walters
  • Thomas Swann
  • Travis Poling
  • Devon Balwit
  • Amanda Hiland
  • Lee Hull Moses
  • Jeff Santosuosso
  • Jacob Miller
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  • Deborah Bowen
  • Paul Douglas McNeill II
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  • Marylu Dykstra
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  • Tamra Carraher
  • Erin O'Connor-Garcia
  • Erica Schemper
  • Amy Hetletvedt
  • Stefanie Möser Zitö
  • Vincent A. Cellucci
  • Nathaniel Harper-Brees
  • Samuel J. Fox
  • Celine B. Roque
  • Debra Dieppa
  • Griffin Paul Jackson
  • Kate Bowman-Johnston
  • Ann Klotz
  • Chris Fuller
  • Denise Vredevoogd
  • Ben Brazil
  • John Yohe
  • Katie Rendon Kahn
  • Jerry Berrigan
  • Mike Finley
  • Aaron Nell
  • Mark Andrew Heathcote
  • Karen Fitz La Barge
  • Jim Schmotzer
  • Emily Ulmer
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  • Josh MacIvor-Andersen
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  • Matthew Landrum
  • Kristina England
  • Barbara Ruth
  • Amanda Cleary Eastep
  • Hardeep Sabharwal
  • Grant Elgersma
  • Rob Testing

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