Poems published in Jarfly Magazine

 Two poems which I began many years ago have finally found a home in the Spring issue of Jarfly Magazine.

"St. Paul’s Churchyard" is set in the colonial era graveyard of St. Paul’s Chapel, across the street from the World Trade Center site. The first version of the poem was written in the churchyard some time before 9/11.

“Fearing the Mist Near Lumberville” was inspired by a solitary walk along a country road near Lumberville, Pennsylvania. The first version of this poem was probably begun even earlier, perhaps around 1993.

The very next season was Spring

 

The Very Next Season

The woman asked me if I could move out of her way.
A variety of people came into the subway car.

Some were overly friendly. Others were insane.
I looked around for someone that I knew.

It was then I discovered that some of my friends had grown very old.
I quickly changed trains at DeKalb and rode all the way to Coney Island.

I walked past the frozen Ferris wheel out onto the beach.
The winter rains reminded me that the very next season was Spring.

 

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Michael Cooney has published poetry in Badlands, Second Chance Lit, Bitter Oleander, Big Windows Review and other journals. His short stories have appeared recently in Sundial Magazine, Bandit Fiction and Cerasus and his novellas “The Witch Girl & The Wobbly” were published by Running Wild Press in 2021 and his “Good Catholic Girl” by ELJ Editions in 2023.

  

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