2020 Open Call , Poems - John Stanizzi
Nearly two feet of snow
By John Stanizzi
3.4.19, 2.01 p.m. 34 degrees Pressing down on the pond, massive white clouds seem to have weight, and the |
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3.5.19, 11.42 p.m. 22 degrees Passerine -- three toes forward and one toe back, this merl |
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3.6.19, 12.16 p.m. 22 degrees Pure sound of spring, the air is filled with the calls of black birds |
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3.12.19, 9.05 a.m. 34 degrees Patterns die hard even this deep into winter. This wind’s |
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3.13.19, 8.20 a.m. 21 degrees Patiently, I keep telling myself, patiently. Five starlings are |
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3.14.19, 7.37 a.m. 35 degrees Pair of titmice in flutter display, the sound of wings, the sound of |
John L. Stanizzi is the author of the chapbook, Windows. His full length collections are Ecstasy Among Ghosts, Sleepwalking, Dance Against the Wall Antrim House Books, and After the Bell, and Hallelujah Time!, Big Table Publishing Company. His poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, The New York Quarterly, Tar River Poetry, Rattle, Passages North, The Spoon River Quarterly, Poet Lore, The Connecticut River Review, Freshwater, Boston Literary Review, and many other publications.
John has read at many venues throughout Connecticut, including The Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, RJ Julia Booksellers, and the Arts Café Mystic, and his work has been featured on Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac. He is currently an adjunct professor of English at Manchester Community College. John is currently at work on Hallelujah Time!—Volume II, the follow up to his recently released Hallelujah Time! He lives with his wife, Carol, in Coventry, Connecticut. |
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