Author Archives: stevieslaw

Komorebi KomorebiI take the paththrough the oak groveas quiet as a Sunday morning.It’s all uphill,and I am as drenchedas a child after baptism.The dappled lightfiltered through the leaveshas me stunned—paintedneither dark nor light,words fail it.Is thatthe originof the holy?

In the current issue of the Write Launch SaudadeOne last tripon the New Lots Linethat trundles upfrom its tunneljust as the Brooklyn neighborhoodsturn to Brownsville,turn to near ruin.The train takes the 90 degreecurve on 98th Street—where my uncleand aunt once … Continue reading →

SaudadeOne last tripon the New Lots Linethat trundles upfrom its tunneljust as the Brooklyn neighborhoodsturn to Brownsville,turn to near ruin.The train takes the 90 degreecurve on 98th Street—where my uncleand aunt once lived,and where the train’s screech mightwake the deador … Continue reading →

I have a poem in the current issue of PA’s Poetic Voices. Here is the poem: MUDDERI got 20 to 1on that donkey—Muddy Waters,who hadn’t placedin three yearsand is rapidlyheading to gluetown.It was my last fiveand I’d have to hita … Continue reading →

Published on Lothlorien Poetry Journal. early morning snow deer tracks through the apple grove my fireplace crackles

On Lothlorien Poetry Journal. Last day of Autumn our path strewn with oak leaves are you coming home?

On Lothlorien Poetry Journals.

On the Lothlorien Poetry Journal: Bedding It is long past time to put my garden to bed. Even plants that have survived two hard frosts look like patients  on life support.  Each year in the first flush of spring—when I’m … Continue reading →

I have two poems and two haiku up at the Lothlorien Poetry Journal. Here is the whole shebang: Bedding It is long past time to put my garden to bed. Even plants that have survived two hard frosts look like … Continue reading →

My poem, Camouflage, is in the current issue of Pennsylvania Poetic Voices. Here is the poem: CAMOUFLAGE In Khakis, they crawl along a field mowed clean by machine gun fire. From the air, they resemble a sea of beetles. Its … Continue reading →