Fall/Winter 2016



Sandra Soli

FORECAST: HIGH WINDS, FREEZING RAIN

     December 28, 2015                                                                                                                                                                  
Ice invades before we believe it.
Demagogue of cities, freeway assassin,
Norse giant Ymir has his way with poles
splinters pin oaks to stumps, shakes power
lines in a frenetic roadside dance.          
On television, heads swathed in wool
mumble through numb lips: avoid travel,
skip work. Check battery, carry blankets
just in case. Roads impassable, idiots
notwithstanding. I find a pot for pea soup,
regret onions not purchased at market,
counting on luck like tow truck
operators who had gassed up
their rigs, joyful and ready.

 


Sandy Soli, writer and editor in Edmond, was a teaching artist and poetry editor for a decade. Her poems and fiction, appearing widely since the 1970's, include two award-winning chapbooks and an article on prose poems featured in Poet's Market. She enjoys collaborative projects with creatives in several disciplines.

 


 

Poetrybay seeks fine poetry, reviews, commentary and essays without restriction in form or content, and reserves first electronic copyright to all work published. All rights to published work revert to the author following publication. All Email submissions should be in body of email text.

To submit poems write to:

PO Box 114 
Northport NY 11768
or email us at 
info@poetrybay.com

send comments to info@poetrybay.com

first electronic copyright 2004 poetrybay. 
all rights revert to authors

website comments to dpb@islandguide.com