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Friday, July 26, 2019

"Road Hazard" by Bradley Paul

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July 26, 2019
 

Road Hazard

 
Bradley Paul
Paul reads "Road Hazard."

About This Poem

 

"The various fires in California get a great deal of news coverage, but the floods and erosion that follow—usually months after, when rain comes to the hills that the fire stripped of vegetation—get less attention, mostly because the drainage infrastructure that was built in the twentieth century has made the problem pretty manageable. Still, precautions must be taken during the rainy season; in our area, the county will dump truckloads of sand that the public may use to fill their own sandbags to protect their homes. I saw one such sandbag in the street, and this poem happened. I thought also of the many animals who regularly come out of the mountains fleeing fire or looking for water, and the people who occasionally have to leave their homes due to mandatory evacuations. Fire and water, these two opposite elements constantly pushing all of us animals one direction or the other."
Bradley Paul

 

Bradley Paul is the author of three books of poetry, including Plasma (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018). He writes for television and lives in Los Angeles, California.

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July Guest Editor: Paul Guest

 

Thanks to Paul Guest, author of Because Everything Is Terrible (Diode Editions, 2018), who curated Poem-a-Day for this month's weekdays. Read a Q&A with Guest about his curatorial approach this month and find out more about our guest editors for the year.

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