Fingers finesse the horseshoe,
……………flicking the zeroed ego
………………………………………A dove without its wings
……………zigzags across the distance
between a strikeout artist
……and the tools of ignorance
……………Like consciousness—its seams—
……..the stitches catch a breath
and swerve beyond the heavy
…………………………….hitter’s reach, the thunderous grasp,
……………..the caged and critical eyes
……..tied up by fluttering art
………………………………………………………….as wild bizarrerie,
………….imperfect, even if caught.
Joshua Eric Williams
Joshua Eric Williams is from Carrollton, GA. He graduated with an MFA in Poetry from Western Colorado University in August of this year. His poetry has appeared in Measure, Frogpond, Modern Haiku, Sonic Boom, and many other print and online journals. In 2014, he won the Eclectic Poetry Prize. His recent honors include the selection of his poem “Barriers” for publication in an anthology of pandemic writing, The Great Isolation, and his collection, The Strangest Conversation (Red Moon Press, 2019), receiving an honorable mention in the Haiku Society of America’s 2020 Merit Book Awards.
Also by Joshua Eric Williams (see all)
- Pain Management: A Review of John Foy’s No One Leaves the World Unhurt - October 30, 2021
- Knuckleball - May 30, 2021
- Kim Addonizio’s Eclectic Wisdom: A Review of Now We’re Getting Somewhere - May 30, 2021
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