Thoughts are Things
written by: John Riley
@slowlearner55
Today
I watch flaming
thoughts—a bluebird’s green hops—
blue bluer than blood irises
that hang
above
live red roses
trapped in the fired sky maze—
a whale arcs the horizon
and leads
the way—
my fury’s fear
adjusts to new shadows—
flames—a monotonous sun melts
tonight
John Riley lives in North Carolina with his terrible jerk of a dog named Louie. He's published poetry, fiction, and reviews in Smokelong Quarterly, Eclectica, Banyan Review, Litro, and dozens of other journals and anthologies. EXOT Books will publish a volume of 100 of his 100-word prose poems in the fall of 2022. He has also published over forty books of nonfiction for young adults.
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