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    • Volume 1
      • 0.1 Intro
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      • 1.3 Thriftiness
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      • 1.9 Sharing Food
      • 1.10 Coming and Going
    • 2.1 Labor
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    • 2.9 Play

Randy Smit

Randy Smit lives with his wife Jill in Holland Michigan. At the same time he can be found residing in his head or his heart, depending upon what's been going on lately in the neighborhood of Oaks and worries and Barn Swallows and sturdy longings for evocation. "Home is a poem. Where else would anyone want to live?"

PoetryMarch 14, 2017

Hearing My Neighbor’s Gun Practice

By Randy Smit

Outside in the sun I awoke startled at how bright yellow finches are able to scatter so freely.

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Donald Trump, caregiver
EssayNovember 29, 2016

Donald Trump, caregiver

By Randy Smit

Editor’s Note: The following essay is in response to a prompt to share personal stories about the potential impact of the election of Donald…

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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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  • Ian Randall Wilson
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  • Thomas Swann
  • Robert Peace Jordan
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  • Paul Douglas McNeill II
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  • Christie Walkuski
  • Amy Oestreicher
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