Susan Dunn
Google home page
Through items of interest
Still a common one
Of the most common names
Robert Eugene Dunn.
A doctor of radiology;
One who fought in both World Wars;
a father who drunkenly killed two boys,
(I read wrong, he protected them from a drunkard);
This one died in a coal mine collapse;
One who had four children;
Oops a black man, not mine;
Et. Al.
Genealogy – slow down – genealogy
Begin with Clara Dunn, mother of …
Never mind, I haven’t even been to the grave
In St. Louis (Jefferson Barracks Military Cemetery) because it is
like all the others,
Dates of beginning to end
Smooth round top stone
Chiseled, printed,
Rat-a-tat-tat typed in,
Capital letter D – unn.
Undo.
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Susan Dunn moved with her husband to Minnesota five years ago and teaches in the English division at Anoka Ramsey Community College. Most of her poetry addresses the complexities of growing up with six siblings, and the roles taken after the death of their father. In her work she also struggles to explain the conflict between flesh and spirit which can be seen in her poems about nature, belief systems, and her powerful relationship with her husband.