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Billy Templeton III recently earned his M.F.A. from Syracuse University, where he served as poetry editor of Salt Hill. He currently lives and teaches in Northeast Pennsylvania.
Searching for My Father's Father's Obituary Online
You died in Missouri, in Oklahoma.
You died in Pennsylvania.
You were a fist, all knuckle
and bone ground to points.
I can only see one fist
at a time, thrusting
through water, mountains,
my father's flesh, then mine.
Billy Templeton III recently earned his M.F.A. from Syracuse University, where he served as poetry editor of Salt Hill. He currently lives and teaches in Northeast Pennsylvania.