resplendent and shimmer
but you’ll never really know
unfurled cotton forest
a dreamscape departure
catch me quick
one final dance for rain
and promise you’ll look for me in morning’s fog—
long after I’ve left this world
—
Randy Shinn holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College. His work has appeared online, in a few journals, in Ocho magazine, within many rejection letters, and in the Anchorage Art Museum. Randy spends most of his time in the PNW and Alaska.
The Nature of
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