Index of Poets
Austin Alexis
Collin Barber
Yota Daniil
Gil Fagiani
Donna Gagnon
Rachel Green
Lois Marie Harrod
Ruth Holzer
Hank Kalet
Steadman Kondor
John Lambremont, Sr.
Gill McEvoy
Karen Neuberg
Joan Page-Durante
Mandy Pannett
John Joseph Petrolino III
Doug Pugh
Christine Redman-Waldeyer
David Romanda
Nancy Scott
Ivan Sun
Levi Wagenmaker
Lonnard Dean Watkins
Mark Arvid White
Wolfiewolfgang
Nancy Scott
The wretched house is doomed
to hear its miseries. Conversations
scuttle days searching for an argument.
At dusk, they settle near the hearth, nattering
like biddies - lipsticked mirror
before she slashed her wrists, the boy limp
in a closet, scuff marks on the door.
When he found them, he cursed
the house, torched it before the sirens.
On gusty nights, if you happen by,
you can hear charred rafters groan.
Bio
Nancy Scott is the author of Down to the Quick (2007) and One Stands Guard, One Sleeps (2009) published by Plain View Press; and A Siege of Raptors (2010) by Finishing Line Press. She is managing editor of U.S.1 Worksheets, the journal of the U.S.1 Poets' Cooperative in New Jersey. Her work has appeared in Journal of New Jersey Poets, Exit 13, Poet Lore, Slant, Mudfish, and many other literary journals. www.nancyscott.net