twenty years married:before turning out the lightI watch my wife sleepwith Fifty Shades of Grayspilled on her pillow
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Tanka Journal poet
Al Ortolani
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In their own words
Al Ortolani’s poetry and reviews have appeared in journals such as Prairie Schooner, New Letters, Word Riot, and the New York Quarterly. His fifth collection of poems, Waving Mustard in Surrender, was released in 2014 from New York Quarterly Books. Currently, he is teaching English in the Kansas City area and serves on the Board of Directors of the Kansas City Writers Place.