Vagary Ships

By Joshua Bridgwater Hamilton / Issue 19

Tatters of dream
flare out
then quiet
in periphery of morning.

Statements of iron-tongued
desire and baleful gallop
fade to pure drops of oxygen

awake in rectangular dark
unaware of the window
or yard outside window

just self-contained
undefined
position

I pose to bring house back
sitting, head-cocking
suburban ac lullaby

and back in the year
where your warm breath
grounds me

simple chore of coffee
I bring to you
makes the past
all worth it.

JOSHUA BRIDGWATER HAMILTON is a Louisville, KY native who has traveled and lived in several places, including Spain, Appalachia, Panamá, Peru, the Philippines, and the Colorado River. Currently, he is a poetry candidate in the Texas State University MFA program. He has a chapbook, Rain Minnows, with Gnashing Teeth Publishing, as well as a chapbook, Slow Wind, with Finishing Line Press. His poetry appears in such journals as Windward Review, Amarillo Bay, Voices de la Luna, and San Antonio Review.