They arrive like ghosts
in the early-morning darkness
a line of shadows stretches the length
of the sidewalk
from the corner to my driveway.
Their faces are invisible
behind toques, hoods, and scarves
clouded by fogs of their breath
either from the cold or from the cigarettes
that collect themselves on my lawn
like seeds, they appear when the snow melts into mud
rake them up […]
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The ragged edged concrete slab lay tilted
uneasily on the dusty rubble.
Above it heavy layer squatted,
inert but filled with malice,
“don’t mess with me” it sneered.
The young woman stood statue-like,
elegant in her form-fitting black dress
soiled, with a single streak of dusty mud,
a slash from the earthquake’s rape.
My gaze followed her quivering finger
pointing at a bruised dusty bloodied […]
We try to tell them
but their ears are blocked
with the cotton wool of consumer dreams,
their children and their children’s children forgotten.
Images of a drowned tropical village flicker across the plasma screen.
Sodden walls and tumbled chimneys
strive vainly to keep above the rising tropical sea.
A child’s thin awkward naked body,
drifts past face down on an uncaring oily […]
PREPARING TO SEND YOUR WORK TO A PUBLISHER
Saturday, May 1, 2010, 9 am to noon
Facilitated by Angela Kublik, co-publisher, House of Blue Skies
There are accepted standards among publishers of what is an ‘excellent package from an author. Learn the simple and effective rules and ensure your work is given the best possible reception wherever […]
