So what did he think up there in all that pain? What was he seeing through glazed eyes? Did he think, Surely this isn’t going to end here. Surely, I’m not going to die like this. Looking out over the small crowd of hysterical women and indifferent soldiers, did he wonder, Does anybody here get […]
Poetry Corner: Krandall Kraus “He Went Back Once”
He went back once – just before the end. Back to his beginnings. He wanted to stand at the precise place where his mother lay shuddering in darkness, bleeding him into the urine-drenched hay. He wished to smell the air, touch that spot where his life began, holy not for his earthly coming, but for […]
Poetry Corner: Krandall Kraus “It Was the Desert”
It was the desert that did it for Him. The Desert that taught Him the deep meaning of Nothingness, revealed the life that lurks just beneath the surface of Death. It was the long line on the horizon the pale blue sky kissing Earth in the distance that made Him weep at the deep sleep […]
Poetry Corner: Krandall Kraus “What Dogs Know (For Kim Storch)”
I wait on the stoop, wait now, clearer, more focused on the waiting. Fewer cars pass by; fewer children cry from tenement windows. Pedestrians smile, but seldom speak, and neighbors have learned to stay inside. Only the neighborhood dogs keep me company, panting, circling, barking and smiling at one another. An old setter lies in […]
Poetry Corner: Krandall Kraus “Lenten Love Song”
Like Lazarus I rise from deepest sleep And walk into your arms, wakened by a song That, could they hear, would make the Sirens weep. So I give in, and giving in, grow strong. Your hand upon my cheek, our limbs entwined, Seem like a dream I pray won’t fade with dawn. All night we […]