"Reaching"

Rearrange my sorry life

in alphabetical order

so all the pieces easily

fill chips upon my shoulder

broadly turned to colder winds

that in desperation blow hard

trying to knock down pedestals

that stand like discolored shards –

erected in an open yard

a misery so neighborly

for worlds and scores to watch upon

with tear-soaked pain and agony

Copyright 2008 kate Sjostrand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Please note that The Stray Branch is currently working on a heavy backlog. Issue #5 will be released this March and issues #6 Fall/Winter 2010, #7 Spring/Summer 2011 and #8 Fall/Winter 2011 are now full so any submissions of poetry or fiction sent now, if accepted will not appear in publication until 2012. I do not want to hold up anyone’s work for that long of a period of time but if this is not a problem for you feel free to submit just keep in mind the length of time between acceptance and publication. Artwork and photography submissions are still needed for #8. All artwork and photography also considered for the cover. Reading times for The Stray Branch are
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