Catch of the Day - flipside B - Barbara LM Handley

Catch of the Day

He swallows the wind.
Sucks it
through fists and lips.
The forest beats. Tight on
night's drum, shaved forks
impale the moon. He rips
air
from his shadow, dangling
from cypress crown. Pale
fish, hooked and
hung.

1988

Thoughts and Comments

Published under my maiden name: Barbara Muller

Calliope 1989
Published by the Students of the University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA
1989

I was a member of the editorial staff for this edition. My bio in the mag says "Barbara Muller finds that three years of college has greatly increased the amount of paper she must move from one pile to another. Things have disappeared into the piles, like the bedroom floor. She surfaces occasionally for class, and sometimes escapes with an actual piece of writing."

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