Naomi Cochran
CONTACT:
W1598 Lee Road
Hayward WI 54843
Email: naomicochran@outlook.com
Facebook Page: Finding Ourselves in Alzheimer's
naomicochranpoetry.wordpress.com
amazon.com/author/naomicochran
BIO:
Naomi lives in northern Wisconsin near the Namekagon River, not far from where she grew up. Her poetry first appeared regionally in Steelhead 3 in 1973, and has been published in several collections over the years. She has no credentials, and will probably be famous after she's gone.
PUBLICATIONS:
Finding Ourselves in Alzheimer's, 28 pages, $10 (Honorable Mention, 2016 WFOP Chapbook Contest)
Fill in the Blank, 76 pages, $12 (Outstanding Achievement in Poetry, Wisconsin Library Association 2017)
Razed Lutheran, 44 pages, $8 (Second Place, 2017 WFOP Chapbook Contest)
The Truth About Everything -- in 3500 Words or Less, 44 pages, $8 (2019)
Poetry
Anyone Can Be President
Twenty days before the oath
I dream it's me.
Chosen at random.
Standing alone
at a plywood podium.
No on wanted the job.
I'm from northern Wisconsin, I say.
I don't know anything.
I just want people to tell the truth
and be kind.
A man interrupts.
I put my hand over his mouth.
Be quiet, I say.
I believe I have the floor.
Note to My Father
if she doesn't watch him
he'll shave with toothpaste
wear his shoes on the wrong feet
fill the bird feeder with coffee
at home in the kitchen
mom opens her wallet
hands dad fifteen dollars
for the barber
put it in your pocket, she says
pay him when he's done
don't lose it
don't forget
I park my father's car
in the snowy alley
let him take slow baby steps
behind me
inside the shop
the pretty barber smiles
easily coaxes him
into her chair
she flirts as she touches
his white hair, takes advantage of
who he was
who he is
put me in your pocket, dad
don't lose me
don't forget