Jerusalem Engine Repair Company

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The Jerusalem Engine Repair Company is a collection of animated poems selected from my published works. I hope you enjoy these short films as much as I did creating them.

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    35 episodes

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Episodes of Jerusalem Engine Repair Company

    • Play Fresh Butterfly Milk - Jerusalem Engine Repair Company on Blip Jerusalem Engine Repair Company episodes on Blip

      Fresh Butterfly Milk

      I wrote this piece for a friend going through a very difficult time in her life. The title is from a Dr. Seuss book, but I won't say which one.

      • Release date
        May 21, 2007
      • Runtime
        01:27
    • Play Auxiliaries - Jerusalem Engine Repair Company on Blip Jerusalem Engine Repair Company episodes on Blip

      Auxiliaries

      Sometimes it's all about the meetings. This piece is part of my Jerusalem Engine Repair Company collection now available online.

      • Release date
        May 21, 2007
      • Runtime
        01:52
    • Play Hello to all my readers! - Jerusalem Engine Repair Company on Blip Jerusalem Engine Repair Company episodes on Blip

      Hello to all my readers!

      I agree with the disembodied voice that suggested I fill in this blank space with something, anything.The poems you are currently reading have been published over the years, in such magazines as The Elk River Review, the Iconoclast, Midwest Poetry Review and Mosaic. You might also encounter much of my work online, at websites such as Poet's Canvas, Can We Have Our Ball Back, The Country Mouse and Poetry Super Highway. The poem "Pinaud's Tonic" appears in a political poetry anthology edited by ...

      • Release date
        May 17, 2007
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    • Play The Jerusalem Engine Repair Company - Jerusalem Engine Repair Company on Blip Jerusalem Engine Repair Company episodes on Blip

      The Jerusalem Engine Repair Company

      The Jerusalem Engine Repair Company collection is a visual adaptation of poet Michael Pollick's award-winning work. The pieces run the gamut from love to loss, religion to war.

      • Release date
        May 17, 2007
      • Runtime
        00:36
    • Play Believer's Guide to Drifting - Jerusalem Engine Repair Company on Blip Jerusalem Engine Repair Company episodes on Blip

      Believer's Guide to Drifting

      This is based on a true story. An elderly farmer found a balloon from a Memphis church behind his farm in northeastern Alabama. During an interview with a local television news crew, the man broke down and wept.This poem is part of my Jerusalem Engine Repair Company collection now available online.

      • Release date
        May 17, 2007
      • Runtime
        01:42
    • Play Washing Day - Jerusalem Engine Repair Company on Blip Jerusalem Engine Repair Company episodes on Blip

      Washing Day

      Sometimes the same door which opens so wide on one side can remain desperately shut on the other.This poem is part of my Jerusalem Engine Repair Company collection now available online,

      • Release date
        May 17, 2007
      • Runtime
        01:07
    • Play Pearl Killers - Jerusalem Engine Repair Company on Blip Jerusalem Engine Repair Company episodes on Blip

      Pearl Killers

      There really was a fishing lure called a Pearl Killer, and my dad kept it in his tackle box for years.This poem is part of my Jerusalem Engine Repair Company collection now available online.

      • Release date
        May 17, 2007
      • Runtime
        01:47
    • Play Urim and Thummin - Jerusalem Engine Repair Company on Blip Jerusalem Engine Repair Company episodes on Blip

      Urim and Thummin

      This is a companion piece to "Brother to the Dragon, Companion to the Owl". Sometimes the only thing two people can do is say goodbye and mean it.

      • Release date
        May 16, 2007
      • Runtime
        00:47
    • Play sea of reeds - Jerusalem Engine Repair Company on Blip Jerusalem Engine Repair Company episodes on Blip

      sea of reeds

      This piece was written after I drove back to Pennsylvania for my grandmother's funeral. You just had to know her.

      • Release date
        May 16, 2007
      • Runtime
        00:53
    • Play Surprise Makeover - Jerusalem Engine Repair Company on Blip Jerusalem Engine Repair Company episodes on Blip

      Surprise Makeover

      I watched a daytime talk show a few years ago with the theme "Surprise Makeovers". All of their guests were either battered women or prostitutes. It seemed to me that the producers and hosts were more concerned with the makeovers themselve than the real-life plights of these women.

      • Release date
        May 16, 2007
      • Runtime
        01:27
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