at rest in the blue
silhouettes of banyan trees
reach for each other

—After a photograph by Daniel Kordan ^*

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pine trees stretch
Aurora swirls her skirts
dances away

—After a photograph by Dionys Moser

:::

lavender ripples
silhouettes of legs and necks
dance the flamingo

—After a photograph by Dominic Liam

:::

sit in the desert
the eye of the universe
stares through this dead tree

—After a photograph by Daniel Kordan

*Publisher’s Note:

Links to photographs above were retrieved on 11 January 2023.

For a larger view of Daniel Kordan’s photograph of the dancing trees of Sumba Island, see his Facebook page (17 June 2022):
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=598868921607586&set=pb.100044534495205.-2207520000.&type=3

Gary S. Rosin

His poems “Black Dogs” and “Viewing the Dead” were nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Two of his poems appear in Silent Waters, photographs by George Digalakis (Athens, 2017). He is the author of two chapbooks, Standing Inside the Web (Bear House Publishing, 1990) and Fire and Shadows (Legal Studies Forum, 2008) (offprint).

Selections of Gary’s poetry and photography can be found at his website, 4P Creations: http://4pcreations.com

More on the Web: By, About, and Beyond

⚡ Out of the Haze, collaborative haiga with photograph by George Digalakis and poem by Gary S. Rosin in MacQueen’s Quinterly (Issue 8, June 2021); nominated for, and selected for publication in, Contemporary Haibun 17 (Red Moon Press, 2022)

⚡ Featured Poet: Gary S. Rosin in MacQueen’s Quinterly (Issue 7, March 2021)

⚡ Crossing Kansas in The Wild Word (7 February 2020); includes audio of Rosin reading his poem

⚡ Two Readings: “Apparition” and “Black Dogs” by Gary S. Rosin for Texas Poetry Calendar 2015 at the Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston, Texas (20 September 2014); see also Black Dogs here in MacQ (Issue 12, March 2022).