In the chill
blanketing
the barn
horses shiver
like rubber-
booted fathers
at the door
who softly
cursing
stamp their feet and
neigh of
green fields.

Mark Jackley

 

Mark Jackley‘s new chapbook is Appalachian Night, available free from the author by emailing chineseplums@gmail.com. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Natural Bridge, Fifth Wednesday, Sugar House Review, Talking River and other journals. He lives in Sterling, VA. 

Artwork: Lisa Chakrabarti, “Two horses in the snow”
Website: http://www.clouddragonart.com/

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