Poet Richard C. Martin

Richard C. Martin

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Who is Richard C. Martin

Born in rural Massachusetts in March of 1952, and being raised in a remote part of a small town, I grew to embrace solitude. Not solitude always, but enough to keep a soul resting comfortably One of my best friends was a pet beagle who was told all my secrets, loves and disappointments. No human ever listened more intently or displayed sympathetic eyes more than that sweet animal. ...
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  • Carol Anne
    Over there in that country graveyard
    Where few wild, wild flowers are lain
    Over there they lay over my little sister
    Over there lay my small, sad sister ...
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