Sometimes, when shopping, finding just the right thing requires a little...reverse engineering. Bemidji poet Marsh Muirhead witnessed the process first hand and writes about it in his poem "The Bowl".
This week on wordish: Marsh Muirhead
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Sometimes, when shopping, finding just the right thing requires a little...reverse engineering. Bemidji poet Marsh Muirhead witnessed the process first hand and writes about it in his poem "The Bowl".