The Regulators Poems, 1

by Mary Crockett-Hill

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Author’s Note: These poems were created for a communal art event called The Poeming, in which 50+ writers created found poetry based on works by Stephen King.

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Mary Crockett Hill is the author of A Theory of Everything, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye for the Autumn House Prize, and If You Return Home with Food, winner of the Bluestem Poetry Award. She is a freelance writer and the editor of Roanoke Review. In her other life as a children’s book writer, she is coauthor of the young adult novel Dream Boy. You can find her on twitter @MaryLovesBooks.

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