Tag Archives: mayflies

2023, Autumn, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, Working Class Literature

Autumn 2023, no.8

this day, the end of a relationship
like in all gothic southern fixtures
starboard mayflies herald the heat

but here on the wharf we know
everything floats even dry land
except for them that swim
and take the currents where they go

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2023, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, river life, the no-scape, Working Class Literature

not quite August, and the winter memory is getting shorter

the world is burning
even for the beautiful bodies

a late July sun looks down
on the hottest days in 100,000 years

and some say ocean current collapse
is on the horizon

here we are still battling mosquitoes and mayflies
swearing we are not put off
by the large number of cemeteries

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2023, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, river life, the no-scape, waterfront, Working Class Literature

when at the start of summer

my wife makes deviled eggs and the mayflies have hatched on the wharf / the rain is warm like the spit of a thousand cynical angels / the wharf raccoon gets (re)caught / being between Derby and the State Fair, a couple of street folks sleep on the amphitheater steps near River Road / the only respite from rain is its unsatisfactory absence

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