People tell me God is in the sky By Manny Grimaldi

I found you

in the best sauce, my best girl.

Basil and lemon, tomato paste and romas,

pinches of salt and punches of sugar,

enormous balls of bison seasoned with thyme,

and sips from the gallon of wine.

Maybe more.

I found you,

and it’s been harder and harder to look to the sky.

I left you this afternoon,

squinting at the whelm of the bright.

Manny Grimaldi served as co-founder and editor of Yearling Poetry Journal from 2021-2026.  

He attends Spalding University as an MFA candidate in Poetry beginning this year.

Pretty much, the goal is to teach and write, and spoil exotic pets.

Manny published with Whiskey City Press in 2025 “Finding a Word to Describe You”

and has some publishing credits to his name otherwise. His book is available at Amazon,

using this link https://a.co/d/2CLIpGd