collage, after lee krasner
John Sweet
$250 to get the water pump
in the truck replaced
and then the fact that anything
you can name can be reduced
to the idea of either
love or hate
the temperature
dropping all day
the war declared over and won
and still the soldiers
are picked off in the streets
still the rain
finds the hole in the roof
right above my side of the bed
the ceiling there soft to the touch
and the baby finally asleep
one of the kids in
the neighbor's back yard
crying as blood runs
down his leg
no one going out to
comfort him
John Sweet was born in 1968. His recent collections include "ash wilderness" and "human cathedrals". www.bleedinghorse.blogspot.com
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Contents
Poetry
Jean O'Brien ................... Spring Equinox
Catherine O'Mahony ..... Soft Touch
Catherine O'Mahony .... The Well-being
Norman Darlington
et al . ..............................The Summer Grass
Nessa O'Mahony .......... Home?
David Trame ................. After The Fireworks
David Trame ................. To The Island
Evan Costigan ............... Lullaby
Graham Burchell ........... Landlady Daphne Was ...
John Sweet .................... collage, after lee krasner
John Sweet .................... a small dog, bleeding
John Sweet .................... trust