Broke Stay Broke by Tim Stafford

A telemarketer. A burger flipper. A jiu-jitsu instructor. A print shop lackey. In Broke Stay Broke, Tim Stafford knows what it's like to struggle.

Through these poems, Stafford illustrates the delicate balancing act of work, relationships, fatherhood, and art. Sometimes he gets it right, sometimes wrong, but the poems are always honest. Filled with insight and humor, Broke Stay Broke finds a way to celebrate the come-ups with the down-lows. 

So come prepared to laugh out loud and learn something new — Broke Stay Broke available now!

My check engine light glows
like a log pulled from a bonfire
which is an inappropriate simile
considering the heat in my
car does not work.

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Tim Stafford is a poet and educator from Lyons, IL. He is the editor of the "Learn Then Burn" anthology series (Write Bloody) and he is the author of the collection "The Patron Saint of Making Curfew" (Haymarket Books). As a former Chicago Poetry Slam Champion, he has performed at festivals throughout the US and Europe.