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      • 0.1 Intro
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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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  • Tom Springer
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  • Raechelle Kennedy
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  • Uche Ogbuji
  • Brother Abraham Newsom
  • Elisabeth McClanahan
  • Lisa Witz
  • Robert Andy Coombs
  • Neil E. Das
  • Gail Heffner
  • Luke Johnston
  • Alek Frost
  • Ian Randall Wilson
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  • Sylvia Keesmaat
  • Chris Bullard
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  • Denise Frame Harlan
  • A. Non
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  • Amy Nemecek
  • David Stewart
  • Joy Riggs
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  • Ingrid Lochamire
  • Nora Kirkham
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  • Lynne S. Viti
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  • Devon Balwit
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  • Paul Douglas McNeill II
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  • D.S. Leiter
  • Daniel Silliman
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  • Christie Walkuski
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  • Deborah Bowen
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  • Ben Brazil
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  • Karen Fitz La Barge
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  • L. L. Barkat
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  • Jeffrey Allen Mays
  • Michael Knowles
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