IN SITU
by Mark Luebbers
The six-point buck
stands fastened
in the driveway
in full morning
summer light
candid in place
no reticence
tension recessed
effortless
in the pull
of his senses
drawn evenly
from the hollow
cover of brush,
to lilies
and cosmos
bedded and ripe
all the frantic birds
in early commerce
homeowners marching
down the plain sidewalk
towed by dogs
the outbound flight
close growling overhead
and a dreadnought
passing train
beyond the trees
while in herds
traffic bellows
toward the city.
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Mark Luebbers teaches English in Cincinnati, Ohio. His poems
have been included in recent issues of Blue Line, Bird’s Thumb,
Wilderness House Review, Indiana Voice, and Kudzu House
Review.
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The six-point buck
stands fastened
in the driveway
in full morning
summer light
candid in place
no reticence
tension recessed
effortless
in the pull
of his senses
drawn evenly
from the hollow
cover of brush,
to lilies
and cosmos
bedded and ripe
all the frantic birds
in early commerce
homeowners marching
down the plain sidewalk
towed by dogs
the outbound flight
close growling overhead
and a dreadnought
passing train
beyond the trees
while in herds
traffic bellows
toward the city.
_____________________________________________________
Mark Luebbers teaches English in Cincinnati, Ohio. His poems
have been included in recent issues of Blue Line, Bird’s Thumb,
Wilderness House Review, Indiana Voice, and Kudzu House
Review.
◄ Previous page Apple Valley Review, Spring 2017 Next page ►
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Apple Valley Review:
A Journal of Contemporary
Literature
ISSN 1931-3888
Volume 12, Number 1
(Spring 2017)
Copyright © 2017
by Leah Browning, Editor.
All future rights to material
published in the Apple
Valley Review are retained
by the individual authors
and artists.
www.applevalleyreview.com
A Journal of Contemporary
Literature
ISSN 1931-3888
Volume 12, Number 1
(Spring 2017)
Copyright © 2017
by Leah Browning, Editor.
All future rights to material
published in the Apple
Valley Review are retained
by the individual authors
and artists.
www.applevalleyreview.com
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