Hobble Creek Review
| James Valvis |
Poem Composed Entirely with Last Lines from
William Kloefkorn Poems 1
unsaying virgin
so vulnerable
adrip with honey
just out of reach
against the tongue
of her hair
all night his thighs ache and ache
to release, scales and all, into the mystery of this widening pool
empty hands
to be repeated
at last, at last
I'll see you later
is for the best
Poem Composed Entirely with Last Lines from
William Kloefkorn Poems 2
The stars
fully blind
keep going
into the daily deadly friendly enemy.
Conclusive as next Sunday,
Larry Henderson sucks donkey dicks.
One ancient autumn
I'll be laughing at you,
kangaroo.
Blinding sun,
shining like a store-bought helmet,
has not yet got my tongue.
William Kloefkorn Poems 1
unsaying virgin
so vulnerable
adrip with honey
just out of reach
against the tongue
of her hair
all night his thighs ache and ache
to release, scales and all, into the mystery of this widening pool
empty hands
to be repeated
at last, at last
I'll see you later
is for the best
Poem Composed Entirely with Last Lines from
William Kloefkorn Poems 2
The stars
fully blind
keep going
into the daily deadly friendly enemy.
Conclusive as next Sunday,
Larry Henderson sucks donkey dicks.
One ancient autumn
I'll be laughing at you,
kangaroo.
Blinding sun,
shining like a store-bought helmet,
has not yet got my tongue.
James Valvis lives in Washington State. His work has recently
appeared in Arts & Letters, Blip (Mississippi Review), elimae, Front
Porch Journal, LA Review, Nimrod, Pank, River Styx, and is
forthcoming in Pedestal Magazine, Hanging Loose, GW Review, New
York Quarterly, Slipstream, Night Train, Verdad, and others. His
fiction has twice been named a storySouth Notable Story, including
in 2010. His poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart and Best of
the Web anthologies multiple times. His full-length poetry collection,
How to Say Goodbye, is forthcoming. He's a former soldier, a former
writing instructor, a former mailman, and a present basket case.
appeared in Arts & Letters, Blip (Mississippi Review), elimae, Front
Porch Journal, LA Review, Nimrod, Pank, River Styx, and is
forthcoming in Pedestal Magazine, Hanging Loose, GW Review, New
York Quarterly, Slipstream, Night Train, Verdad, and others. His
fiction has twice been named a storySouth Notable Story, including
in 2010. His poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart and Best of
the Web anthologies multiple times. His full-length poetry collection,
How to Say Goodbye, is forthcoming. He's a former soldier, a former
writing instructor, a former mailman, and a present basket case.
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