Bergman's Winter Light
by Kenneth Pobo
Wind’s black coffin flies open
in a field. A Pastor preaches
God’s warmth. Communicants
expect little light. Survival,
not a given.
God, spider.
Pastor trembles in a web—
devoured, devouring,
tries to patch up someone
worried about nuclear death,
a man who will commit suicide,
leave his wife with three kids,
one on the way.
The light fails.
The longing endures.
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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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