Wayne F. Burke

Wayne F. Burke

Wayne F. Burke's poetry has appeared in a wide variety of publications. He had published six full-length poetry collections, most recently DIFLUCAN (BareBack Press, 2019).

"Sinners" and "Camp"

he and sister’s souls black
as soot,
they would burn together
​in the flaming pit.

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"Excavation" and "Runaway"

digging down seven years
to my triple bypass
the bloody remnants
of that trip under lights

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"Polio" and "Highway"

until cops came with their shining blue
light and
we ran 
​into the backyard shadows--

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