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CRAWFORD COUNTY BOMBADILS (Cuba, Missouri)

MEMBERS: As of March 1, 2008, there were 6 members in this poetry society. MEETING DATES, TIME, AND PLACE: Meetings are held at 10:00 a.m. on the first Saturday of each month at the Main Street Bakery, 615 NW Main Street, Cuba, Missouri.. OFFICERS: Current officers are President and State Society Representative Dawn Harmon, Vice-President and Webmaster Johnny Seitz, Secretary and Treasurer Morghan Stiller-Harmon, Historian Alexandrea Farace, and Editors Erica Monroe and Sarah Foster.  Dawn Harmon is on the board of Missouri State Poetry Society. PROGRAMS: The members meet to share poetry they have written during the current month and practice their hands at some writing exercises each meeting. CONTACT PERSON: Those interested in attending a meeting of this group to see if they would like to become members should contact Dawn Harmon at myshoesaretootight@hotmail.com or telephone 573-205-9113.  Regular mailing address is P.O. Box 639, Cuba, MO 65453 RECENTLY PUBLISHED POEMS INCLUDE:

GRAMMA'S HANDS Dawn Harmon I cannot help but run my fingers over hers-- with paper-thin skin the color of ripe peaches stretched over dainty hands. Her hardworking, nimble fingers fly through their work-- shelling peas, shucking corn, but rest now on her aproned lap. I sit beside her, my head resting upon her chest, listening to the steady beat of her heart-- thump-thump, thump-thump-- security found in her acceptance of me. I trace her veins beneath the shiny surface of her skin, and ask how her hands became so soft. “Your guess is as good as mine,” she answers, as she pats my hands with her thin, cold fingertips.