Window
Sheets of
darkness flutter down,
spotted by
faint falling stars.
In front
of the quiet window,
I swirl my
glass
to hear
the ice clink.
My old friend
was born this day
on a country
Thanksgiving night,
her wailing
matching the thin wind,
note for
note.
Alec Solomita is a writer and artist working in the Boston (USA)
area. His fiction has appeared in the Southwest Review, The Mississippi Review, Southword
Journal, and Peacock, among other publications. He was shortlisted
by the Bridport Prize and Southword Journal. His poetry has appeared in Poetica,
Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Litbreak, Driftwood Press, Anti-Heroin Chic, The
Galway Review, The Lake, and elsewhere, including several anthologies. His
photographs and drawings can be found in Convivium, Fatal Flaw, Young
Ravens Review, Tell-Tale Inklings, and other publications. He took
the cover photo and designed the cover of his poetry chapbook, “Do Not Forsake
Me,” which was published in 2017. His full-length poetry book “Hard To Be a
Hero,” will be coming out in spring of next year.
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