Wayne F. Burke
Wayne F. Burke's poetry has been widely published online and in print. He is author of eight published poetry collections--most recently Black Summer, Spartan Press, 2021—and one short story collection: Turmoil & Other Stories, Adelaide Press, 2020. He lives in the central Vermont area, USA.
he and sister’s souls black
as soot,
they would burn together
in the flaming pit.
digging down seven years
to my triple bypass
the bloody remnants
of that trip under lights
until cops came with their shining blue
light and
we ran
into the backyard shadows--
Recent Articles:
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M'Lover
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Before Tomorrow
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On Reading Editor Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore's "Between Certain Death and A Possible Future"
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Autotroph
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Camera Obscura
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Six Paintings, September 2021
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