(when Douglas Ewart invented the prairie)

by | Aug 29, 2013 | Poetry

like Gwen in wild weed,

Ewart blows westward,

his ax pointed square

south; he reinvents the

compass, spits it from

his mouth; downbeat

and long tones mixing

in & out of new harmony

 

there are those who’d

say the prairie dreams

us perhaps

 

Duriel’s laughter

strikes out across that

sound like some boy a-

mong the Dan    like

some Dan Diss caught

between the blood &

the gospel,

 

I am dis-

solved in their songs

 

 

 

 

 

Photo by Johnnie Walker

About The Author

Garin Cycholl

Garin Cycholl’s recent work includes the forthcoming Horse Country, a collection of shorter poems that reconsiders the iconography of the horse in American culture. Other recent work includes nonfiction in Heart</em., as well as a film adaptation of Walker Percy’s novel, Lancelot. Since 2002, he has been a member of Chicago’s Jimmy Wynn fiction collaborative.