2026, Day Book, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, spring, the no-scape

Observations after dark

Watching lights in the night sky
over Carter County, Kentucky
that do not move like stars.
One could be Venus, illuminated
by the moon. Others sweep
like satellites. My friend wonders
about the light through the trees.
I assume it’s a haint.

[Day book 2026 // Spring 4.1.26]

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Mick Parsons
Mick Parsons

Poet. Essayist. Fictioner. Steamboat fireman. Bit of a grackle.

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2022, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, Watchman's Journal

Venus is an amber encased mayfly

the moon is made of river water and ancient driftwood whittled into the color of bone

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