Richard Stevenson |
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The January Editor's Pick Poet is Richard Stevenson Please feel free to email Richard at: richard.stevenson@shaw.ca |
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EIGI EINHAMER Certain men in Norway and Iceland i.e They can shape shift Literally occupy the mind or will We’re way beyond lycanthropy owls, ravens, eagles—even yer pet beagle. Don’t necessarily get all furry— The only thing one can’t hide See that person in the driver’s seat Is this tale to be taken literally? Or are they hallucinating from Tonsured elders of some no-fun- who just wanna have a night of fun. That’s all. then call the Ghostbusters For now, let ‘em think they’re They probably need to hop around Think of the animal hides and feathers You don’t need to have a problem with that. Hey, if they’re for real real monsters, It ain’t healthy to be battin’ anyone Phantom kangaroo, phantom kangaroo— Got beamed up off the outback; Now you see me; now you don’t. I could box my way from here to Timbuctoo, I’m on my knees— Ghost of me, ghost of me… |
Richard Stevenson recently retired from a thirty-year gig teaching English and Creative Writing for Lethbridge College. He has published 31 books, the most recent of which are a long poem sequence, Rock, Scissors, Paper: The Clifford Olson Murders (Dreaming Big Publications, USA, 2016) and a collection of haikai poems and sequences, A Gaggle of Geese (Alba Publishing, UK, 2017). Other poems have appeared in or been accepted for future issues of Aphelion, New Myths, Polar Borealis, Star*Line and other magazines and anthologies, and were featured in a previous issue of The Horror Zine.
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