The Whisky Blot
Journal of Literature, Poetry, and Haiku
the winter wind from the west
blows ghosts in from the prairie through the cracks in these poorly hung windows i catch a whiff of axle grease and anger and remember the redheaded stranger ruthless vulgar loud unfaithful i married in a fit of self-destruction and am ashamed of myself all over again he’s the last thing i want to think about on an icy day that demands the warmth of bourbon and gentle reminiscence i pour the amber sipping it slowly trying not to remember the him or the ghost of true love as reminiscence sprouts wings and flies south for the winter sighing i pick a book from the pile next to the rocker and settle in to lose the wind the ghosts and myself in the comfort of make-believe RC deWinter’s poetry is widely anthologized, notably in New York City Haiku (NY Times, 2/2017), easing the edges: a collection of everyday miracles, (Patrick Heath Public Library of Boerne, 11/2021) The Connecticut Shakespeare Festival Anthology (River Bend Bookshop Press, 12/2021), in print: 2River, Event, Gargoyle Magazine, the minnesota review, Night Picnic Journal, Plainsongs, Prairie Schooner, Southword, The Ogham Stone, Twelve Mile Review, York Literary Review among many others and appears in numerous online literary journals. Comments are closed.
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