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Used Book Review

Dean Wilson

This book of poetry is not new

the pages are flagged

and yellowed

two colors of pens

and a pencil

point out what is important.

This nameplate is not mine.


Who were you, Allison Farver?

This book was given to you

“With love—Christmas ’47.”

Thirty-nine years ago.


Allison Farver,

the mystery of you

is more enticing than

this book of yours.

I wonder,

in thirty-nine years

will someone read

this book with a new

bookplate and wonder,


I wonder…

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Author Bio

Dean Wilson is a multidisciplinary artist based in Canby, Oregon, whose creative work spans both photography and the written word. His photograph "Quiet Time" was featured in Fifty Years, Fifty Artists: A Celebration of the West, and his work has been exhibited at Northview Gallery and Blue Sky: Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts. His images have also appeared in Uncommon, a publication by the Portland Photographers Forum, as well as The Bellwether Review. Dean’s poetry and prose have been published in the Lewis and Clark Review, Alchemy Magazine, and The Bellwether Review. Driven by a lifelong need to create, he approaches his art with a spirit of exploration—often blending visual storytelling with reflective narrative. Refusing to be confined by style or subject, Dean embraces both photography and writing as open-ended conversations with the world around him.

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