On The Forest Trail

Draft 5

On the Forest Trail (ROUND 5) by M. A. Istvan Jr.

Let's workshop this poem about a morally-complex relationship between the narrator, a man who navigates memory and unspeakable trauma with brutal honesty, and a developmentally disabled girl

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Draft 4

On the Forest Trail (ROUND 4) by M. A. Istvan Jr.

Let's workshop this poem (Matador Review 2016) that explores, through unsettling scenes in hidden locations, a morally-complex relationship between the narrator and a developmentally disabled girl

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Draft 3

On the Forest Trail (ROUND 3) by M. A. Istvan Jr.

Let's workshop this poem that explores, with the help of unsettling scenes in hidden locations, a morally-complex relationship between the narrator and a developmentally disabled girl

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Draft 2

On the Forest Trail (Round 2) by M. A. Istvan Jr.

Let's workshop this poem concerning a "neurotypical" man's shame about loving a down syndrome girl, and the ways he had mistreated her in the past because of this shame.

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Draft 1

On the Forest Trail by M. A. Istvan Jr.

Let's workshop this poem about forbidden love

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* “On the Forest Trail” originally appeared in The Matador Review (Fall 2016)

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