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James D. Casey IV

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in Greely, Colorado, The United States
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James Dennis Casey IV is a poet, artist, and founder/editor-in-chief of Cajun Mutt Press. His work has been published in print and online by several international small press venues and literary magazines. Links to his newest books are below.

Bad Weed Never Dies :
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C91TNLMB

I Pledge Allegiance To The Flag :
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQYNP12N

The 2016 La Voce dei Poeti, La Catena della Pace international poetry contest gave his entry "Warriors of the Rainbow" a critic's choice award, and his poem "That'll do Pig" was nominated for the Pushcart Prize by New Pop Lit in 2019.

James was born in Colorado, grew up in Louisiana/Mississippi, and currently resides in Illinois.
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James D. Casey IV Well, it differs from time to time, and has a lot to do with what I'm feeling at the moment. Sometimes I sit and sip coffee, smoke a few cigarettes, a…moreWell, it differs from time to time, and has a lot to do with what I'm feeling at the moment. Sometimes I sit and sip coffee, smoke a few cigarettes, and write gushy tales of fond memories and past loves. Other times I sit and drink a bottle of whiskey, chain smoke, and write tales of doom & gloom. Then there are the times between when it just happens, and I can't explain it or where it's even coming from.(less)
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C2 T3-T4

the fall changed me
its hard to explain
I just didn’t feel
the same

I didn’t feel anything

wasn’t sure who I was
still don’t in a lot of ways
a cyborg on autopilot

running from it instead of dealing with it

lost my way
lost years
lost all

had the time of my life

bounced back
lost it again

a hangman’s ghost
in hopeful wander
chasing the feeling
of something real

now hopelessly lost
in the eye of the storm
birthed from

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A Home to Crouch In by Hugh Blanton
"Hugh Blanton says he can’t write, but that doesn’t keep anyone out of The Missouri Review these days. Basil Bunting he ain’t, but more likely than any lack of dexterity at his craft, it’s that people just don’t want to hear what a wily, boxed-wine to" Read more of this review »
A Home to Crouch In by Hugh Blanton
"A bunch of pretentious twaddle from another "working class hero" who thinks he can write poetry, living a miserable solitary existence, friendless and familyless, drinking himself to death."
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“The guardian angel
And little devil
Sitting on my shoulders
Pass a bottle
Back and forth
Laughing
At my shortcomings
So the clown in me
Steals it
And we all end up
Drunk and naked
Dancing around
A bonfire
Adding ingredients
To the gumbo”
James D. Casey IV, Tin Foil Hats & Hadacol Coins

“Fires ignite
In the eyes of the fresh
Only to be extinguished with
A kiss
Love lost to
Madness of lust”
James D. Casey IV, Dark Days Inside the Light While Drunk on Wine

“A sharp knife pierces
A young girl's chest
Tin man
Finally found his heart
Yet love
Is a fickle thing
And he
Is a heartless bastard”
James D. Casey IV, Metaphorically Esoteric

“...don't you know there ain't
No devil, there's just god when he's drunk...”
Tom Waits

“The butcher bird makes its noise
And asks you to agree
With its brutal nesting habits
And its pointless savagery
Now, the nightingale sings to you
And raises up the ante
I put one hand on your round ripe heart
And the other down your panties”
Nick Cave, The Lyre Of Orpheus Sheet Music

“A sharp knife pierces
A young girl's chest
Tin man
Finally found his heart
Yet love
Is a fickle thing
And he
Is a heartless bastard”
James D. Casey IV, Metaphorically Esoteric

“Fires ignite
In the eyes of the fresh
Only to be extinguished with
A kiss
Love lost to
Madness of lust”
James D. Casey IV, Dark Days Inside the Light While Drunk on Wine

“The guardian angel
And little devil
Sitting on my shoulders
Pass a bottle
Back and forth
Laughing
At my shortcomings
So the clown in me
Steals it
And we all end up
Drunk and naked
Dancing around
A bonfire
Adding ingredients
To the gumbo”
James D. Casey IV, Tin Foil Hats & Hadacol Coins

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This is a group for fans of the dirty old man. The words he wrote kept him from total madness.
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