Dog’s footprint in the muddy sidewalk here where the slab has shifted and sunk a miniature alluvial plane has grown I take yellow bucket and a milking stool scrape up the unwilling earth with any gardening tool I can find haul it to the backyard—a small pile for all that trouble—my knees and back don’t … Continue reading Footprint
by Charles Wyatt
moth on the glass and the moth on the window screen ever so lightly my fingers on the screen and the moth flies up lighter than my fingers this is the moth both unbidden and inevitable a curving streak toward and away from the light curving like the edges of the shouldering moon but the … Continue reading Variation 5 (with repeats),
by Charles Wyatt
Charles Wyatt is the author of two collections of short fiction, a novella, and two poetry chapbooks. He holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music, The Philadelphia Musical Academy, and Warren Wilson College. He presently teaches for UCLA Extension and in the Low Residency MFA Program of the University of Nebraska. Before devoting himself … Continue reading Charles Wyatt
