"Storm1" photo by Cindy Bousquet Harris
Long Storms
When these rain clouds tire
of beating the cheer out our chests, when
this gray mass melts at last,
our current eternity
will seem a damp shadow
barely visible, a lightning bolt
gone
quick as it came.
Salvific spears of light
hurtle toward us even as we
shiver, as we shudder this frail
prayer, drenched.
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Cody Adams is an English teacher from Buffalo, NY. His poetry has appeared in Ekstasis Magazine, Three Line Poetry, and Cacti Fur, among others. He received the 2016 Clarence Amann award for his short story “Unstuck.” He also serves as a board member for Forefront Festival. https://forefrontfestival.com/
October 2023 Issue
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