Ram's Head
Derek Pollard The secret comes Wolf–not–wolf Chiasmus of pinion Of half–swaying clip Balance thrown by Spring’s howl When the moment Is caught in the passing Noise The beaver standing Frayed over the half– Eaten branch The lone deer Gone utterly Still beneath The atrium glass Ring of slots become The eagle’s cry We return, always To this The mountain Of false rock Waking to a small Bright place |
About the author:
Derek Pollard is co-author with Derek Henderson of the book Inconsequentia (BlazeVOX). His poems, creative non-fiction, and reviews appear in American Book Review, Colorado Review, Court Green, Diagram III, H_ngm_n, Pleiades, and Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak, among numerous other anthologies and journals. He is Assistant Editor at Barrow Street Press; a Black Mountain Institute Fellow at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; and is on faculty at the Downtown Writer's Center in Syracuse, New York. |