Monday, April 27, 2020

Three Poems (Stickney)

My Bookshelf Background

Broadcasting here
From within
A definite space
Of relatively
Small intent -

Oh, ain't we
Just all
So well read


Taking the Orient Express While Sheltering In Place

Is this the compartment for smokers?
No smoking is permitted here.
Try the garage.


Somewhere among us a Virus is taking notes
       (after C. Simic and Z. Herbert)

This virus
Is the perfect
Student

Unlike you
It is careful
Of boundaries

Exact marks
Entered
In the margins

It sees you
Eyes
Calm and clear

And
At the end
Of term?

A report card
Filled with
Highest marks


John Stickney is a poet/writer originally from Cleveland, Ohio, and now splits time between Ohio and Wilmington, North Carolina.  His poetry, essays, and short fiction have appeared in various print and online journals and he has received an OAC Individual Excellence Award. In Wilmington, he is a member of the Writers of the Forest collective and runs a reading series at Art in Bloom Gallery

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