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Beer Foam Resurrection and The Job I Don’t Get Paid For: two poems by Fred Voss

11 April 2023 / 358

The Job I Don’t Get Paid For by Fred Voss The machine shop manageris taking the new-hire around the shop showing him the machinesand their operators“This is... Continue reading

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Poetry

Punches Full of Peace and Phones Full of Tomorrows: Two poems by Fred Voss

11 February 2023 / 303

Punches Full of Peace by Fred Voss Fist-knockshave replaced handshakesin this machine shopinstead of squeezing palms we hold out fistsand bump knuckles in the airbetween usI guess... Continue reading

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Poetry

Jean Valjean stole that loaf of bread for all of us

30 July 2022 / 344

Jean Valjean stole that loaf of bread for all of us by Fred Voss These machinists or welders or overhead crane operatorswho voted for Trumpand wave huge... Continue reading

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Poetry

Waiting to Run a Raindrop Machine

1 May 2022 / 340

Waiting to Run a Raindrop Machine by Fred Voss The weather forecast says it may finally rain todayand a machinist throws open the big steel overhead doorand... Continue reading

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Poetry

Two new poems by Fred Voss

15 January 2022 / 373

Under Their Sweaty Wings by Fred Voss I have had many fathers between tin wallsonewho told me to lay a crescent wrench across the jaws of a... Continue reading

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Poetry

Beautiful as a picket line under a rising sun

20 October 2021 / 393

Beautiful as a picket line under a rising sun by Fred Voss “Beautiful!”my Lead Man would exclaim as he... Continue reading

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Poetry

Naked under 10,000-watt lightbulbs

25 November 2020 / 363

Naked under 10,000-watt lightbulbs by Fred Voss We machinistsare lucky to have our machinesmachine handles we can grab when we are lonely green steel machine sides we... Continue reading

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Poetry

Searching for each other’s souls

22 October 2020 / 322

Searching for Each Other’s Souls by Fred Voss Working 10-hour days in this machine shop we put on our COVID-19 pandemic maskslike strangers aboard the Titanicthrown together... Continue reading

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Poetry

Turning Slavery into Art

30 January 2020 / 341

Turning Slavery Into Art by Fred Voss “This is slavery,”Armando on the old manual milling machine saysand smileshis ironic smileas all the shop machinists fire up their... Continue reading

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Poetry

The Waterfall and the Song and the Hammer in the Hand

24 June 2018 / 320

The Waterfall and the Song and the Hammer in the Hand by Fred Voss Too many of the white machinists in this shop like Trumpthey are good... Continue reading

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