Unfortunately, one of our scheduled poets was unable to participate, so to complete the 30 days, I am offering one of my own.
Still Life
What can the lonely gutter do
but embrace a blue reclining nude
quenched like a footpressed butt
mirrored in the red-glazed wedges
of a restless beer bottle
and wait
for the swift tremulous cloud
to put out the sky.
Copyright 2023 Mike Maggio
Mike Maggio is the author of 9 books of poetry and fiction with a 10th, a gothic novel called Woman in the Abbey, to by released in 2025 by Vine Leaves Press where you can find other titles by him. “Still Life” originally appeared in his collection Garden of Rain (Aldrich Press, 2015).
30 for 30 is sponsored by Potomac Review
Nice, and appropriate, to see a poem from you on the last day, Mike!
I don’t normally but felt I had to this year