HOOT ONLINE, ISSUE 92, FEBRUARY-ISH 2021 – MICRO FICTION, POETRY, MEMOIR, BOOK REVIEWS

JANGLE
by Ashley Escobar
art by author

whether it was the timing or the loneliness
depleted & regained, i only ask for you
to return my dreams. you haunt with such
immaculate care, i have stopped counting how
many times you’ve appeared                  daybreaks
& moonless nights                   lost letters              &
hearts tied to a shepherd’s dog, england green

awaits                 you you you you                        you.

 

 

Incipient Grandson
by Charles Rzepka
photograph by author

That it happened.
Geode, on a long, white beach.
Message in a bottle.

 

That it didn’t.
Storm. Sand drift. Careless boy
Throwing stuff back.

–

 

Ashley D. Escobar is a writer and artist from San Francisco. Her poetry can be found in Leavings and BlueHouse Journal. People watching is her favorite hobby, along with taking trains without any particular destination in mind.

Born in Detroit, Charles Rzepka lives with his wife of 50 years in the Boston area. He’s written poetry since childhood, but only recently resumed sending it out.

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