Roger Pfingston: "Parking, 1958"

The VPR Poem of the Week is Roger Pfingston’s “Parking, 1958,” which appeared in the Fall/Winter 2001-2002 issue (Volume III, Number 1) of Valparaiso Poetry Review.

Roger Pfingston is the author of various publications, including Earthbound (Pudding House Press) and Singing to the Garden (Parallel Press). His poems have appeared in anthologies, such as Say This of Horses and 75 Poems on Retirement, both published by the University of Iowa Press, and Intimate Kisses: Poetry of Sexual Pleasure (New World Library). His poems also have appeared widely in literary journals, including Adirondack Review, Ellipsis, Innisfree Poetry Journal, The Ledge, Louisville Review, The MacGuffin, Pedestal Magazine, Poems Niederngasse, Poetry Midwest, Quarterly West, Snowy Egret, Texas Poetry Journal, Wisconsin Review, and Yankee Magazine.

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