Saturday, June 12, 2010

Glass


the glass blower
enrobed
a rainbow,
a feminine rose bud-
glass canals
became aphrodisia.

By Luke Johnson

1 comment:

The Bijou Poetry Review said...

Luke Johnson is an American poet born in Cayucos, CA. He is a graduate from Cal-Poly with a degree in African-American studies and is the author of ‘Tubas in the Belly of Our Souls,’ his first book of poetry which evokes delicate and urgent images of apocalyptic yet optimistic times, where the mundane becomes the extraordinary, and our human experiences are magnified in heartfelt bursts of revelation. Johnson is currently working on his second publication. He lives with his wife, Ciara, and their lovely felines, Lily and Louie in Pismo Beach, California.

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