Wally Swist – Litbreak Magazine

Fox Abandon; The Space Between; The Last House; Release

Wally Swist — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 22:06:51 +0000

There’s a lot to be said for being able to appreciate the uncertain space between winter and spring, an unusually long space this year, after an unending winter.

Thirteen Ways of Remembering Lonnie Black

Wally Swist — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 13:00:26 +0000

He was his own version of Mr. Rogers in a classroom of children, he was even referred to as The Poetry Man;

The Day After of the 2016 Election

Wally Swist — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 13:00:30 +0000

and as arduous as they might be, may we cultivate Bon courage, as Rodin declared to Rilke once when he wished him goodnight.

New Paint on Worn Walls

Wally Swist — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 13:00:42 +0000

I feel your pain from afar. Breach of trust on any level is hard to bear,

Three Poems for Lit Break

Wally Swist — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 08:30:50 +0000

Centipede If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos. —E. O. Wilson I met its acquaintance lifting boxes, thick with dust, that hadn’t been moved for years, for the purposes …

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