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"In A Country House With You" by Guillermo Bowie
To belong
To have become conscious at the age of nineteen
To move to the city at twenty
While the secrets of growing up of the human being
Were closing in
Changes from one person to another
But in my case
They were still growing and getting familiar and forming at the age of twenty
To have become conscious at the age of nineteen
And from this I grew up in the city
Getting to know it’s rhythms, prejudices, and differences
Small things that provide direction for the city
But the feeling of belonging
Of having worked in the large bookstore downtown next to Nancy and Garcia
At the age of twenty
And day in and day out their influences me about the fine details of being a Portlander
Image Description: A country house with a red roof, a dark face, and a white extension. Yellow grass covers the field, dotted with sheep. Tall conifers silhouetted against the sky rise behind the building. Above the idyllic farm, puffy white clouds drift across a pale blue sky.
Credit: Ryszard Zaleski / Pexels
About the Author
Guillermo Bowie is a Portland, Oregon based writer. In 2025 he is published in Maryland Literary Review, Maryland’s Academy Of The Heart And Mind, Grey Sparrow Journal, Literary Yard, The Gorko Gazette, Pulsebeat Poetry Journal, Children, Churches, And Daddies, Book Of Matches, Fowl Feathered Review, The Argyle Literary Magazine…
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