To stop the darkness leaning in
I drop the blinds
And shut the winter out, but not the mood:
Still starving for a wider woe,
I’ve swallowed all
The emptiness outside the house, need more
Than gulfs where galaxies disappear,
A void so perfect
The heart’s hammer breaks on nothingness.
There I might rest, or else confess
I never can,
Ill-omened and forever malcontent.
Cross this Bridge at a Walk, is now available from Wind Publications in Kentucky.
Its sixteen narrative poems recount incidents in America’s history from the Revolution to the present, with cameo appearances by Mother Ann Lee, Emily Dickinson, Scott Joplin, and Bix Beiderbecke.
To read sample poems from the book, go to “Coxey’s Army,” “Spirea,” or “Jesus Walking on the Water.”
We offer to anyone who contributes $20 or more to The New Formalist a free hard copy of Alfred Dorn’s latest book, Visits and Vistas, signed by the author. This book is a limited edition of 50 signed and numbered copies, and only 20 of them remain available. They will be given to contributors on a first-come, first-served basis. Copies of Alfred Dorn’s earlier books are offered by on-line booksellers for prices as high as $175, and signed copies of his books are very scarce. Don’t delay!
