I.
Dusky summer haze
Powders the darkening hill
Tops on fire with ash
II.
The crow flutters west
Loose from the flock flying east—
Rising dark star flees
III.
A spider web strand
Serpentines up, severing
The day from dark night
IV.
Salvation, only
One lemony lick away
From Salivation
Published by Cosimo Giovine
Cosimo Giovine (he/him/his) earned an MFA, Fiction from Columbia University (2003), taught in high schools and colleges from 1992 until 2012, and is the publisher at Zio Apollo Press since 2012.
His writing has appeared in Glimmer Train Magazine, “Dream Book” (Glimmer Train 2007), Close Up: Poems on Cancer, Grief, Hope, and Healing, “Last Spring” (Orchard Lea Books 2022), and San Diego Poetry Annual 2024-2025, “A Bird’s Song” (San Diego Poetry Annual 2024).
Currently, Cosimo promotes literacy and learning as a library assistant. And when he’s not at the library, he’s reworking a line of poetry, reading something new, or promoting a good book.
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