Dream lives repeating drunk and forever
Rowboats wasted currently romantic
Higher
Higher sinking rapid water
Drunk against the moon like empty poets’ glasses
Since when is Gary Snyder
And wrens nested in my red beard
About you I am writing a bird
Dreams lie away from time and neighbors
Bridges hugging rivers open country
Lower
Lower crossing darken cancer
Blown beyond the field like holy raven feathers
Why for was Hank Bukowski
And trees rooted in my red grief
About you I am singing a leaf
Michael Dwayne Smith lives near a Mojave Desert ghost town with his family and rescued animals. His most recent book isRoadside Epiphanies (Cholla Needles Press, 2017). Nominated multiple times for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, his work haunts many literary houses--including The Cortland Review, New World Writing, Star 82 Review, Blue Fifth Review, Skidrow Penthouse, Word Riot, Rat's Ass Review, Gravel, San Pedro River Review--and has been widely anthologized. When not writing or teaching, he edits Mojave River Press & Review.
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