Brad Aaron Modlin
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 3
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- Sep 24, 2026
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- Jul 16, 2026
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Poets on the Plains: On “More in Time for Ted Kooser” by James Crews (opens the original)
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On “More in Time for Ted Kooser” by James CrewsBy Brad Aaron Modlin Welcome to Poets on the Plains. I’m Brad Aaron Modlin. I don’t know about you, but sometimes before I log in to social media, I have to ask myself, Am I ready for this? Scrolling through can bring distraction, bad news, and busyness, and all the ways we’re encouraged to compare ourselves with others or to compete. Lucky for me, I follow this poet, James Crews, online. He is a writer of practice and hope—someone who makes writing
Poets on the Plains: On Of All the Rain, Summer is Most Like a Child (opens the original)
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On Of All the Rain, Summer is Most Like a ChildBy Brad Aaron Modlin Welcome to Poets on the Plains, I’m Brad Aaron Modlin. Of All the Rain, Summer Is Most Like a Child This I tell my son, as we watchclouds blue against the horizon.Syllables crowd his mouth,glint on downspouts, poolamong grass and purslane—the earthtoo full to swallow another drop. We leanforward to feel the rain comingdown hard on bare arms. Across the roadcorn lays atop itself in wind;all I see are hands holdingand holding and
Poets on the Plains: On The World By Brad Aaron Modlin (opens the original)
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Welcome to Poets on the Plains, I’m Brad Aaron Modlin I’m an Associate Professor and the Reynolds Endowed Chair of Creative Writing at University of Nebraska in Kearney, teaching undergrads and in our online master’s degree in creative writing. I wrote the book Everyone at This Party Has Two Names, (full of awkward parties, self-consciousness and redemptive hope) and my poems have appeared in the Pushcart Prize, Prairie Schooner, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, orchestral scores, quite a
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