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Rather Ordinary Skull
I would say it
is empty, if it were not
for the occasional
and vague
impression
it is perhaps haunted
by a moth
whose wings
cause a tenuous wind.
Wanting Hours
One can’t bury a bird
that dies in flight
but flies on.
About the Author
Jeremy Halinen is a coeditor and cofounder of Knockout Literary Magazine. Some of his recent poems appear in Best Gay Poetry 2008, Crab Creek Review, Dos Passos Review, Ganymede, New Mexico Poetry Review, and Poet Lore. He resides in Seattle.
I like my poetry short, and, if not sweet, then deep. Both of these score. Thanks!
These are beautiful, spare, and stirring poems. I think the moth will be haunting my skull as I contemplate the birds I don’t need to bury.