And then I tired,

noise downstairs:

noise of wax,

of prosody.

paper-cuts

dichotomy

turmeric shavings

wrapped in a tokay blanket

what

need

you?

Specked with blossom the tarmac melts.

Specked with heaven-sent blossom.

April at nthposition

A new selection of poems is up at nthposition. This month features work by:

Laura McLaughlin

David Cooke

Michael Pedersen

Andrew Shields

r. d. coleman

Anyone wishing to submit work should do so at rquintav AT gmail DOT com. No more than six poems and no attachments.