Writing home from thick shadows by Janelle DolRayne

After five Franz Kline Paintings

(Monitor, 1956)

Dear Father,
The logs are refusing to be pulled into the mill,
the birds are only dots in the sky,
and the earth is white in mourning.

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1. Best of the Net 2013 « apt – a literary magazine says:

   February 24, 2014 at 12:12 am

   […] You can see all of the winners here, and you can read Janelle’s poem here. […]

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