puddles
overflow
paved lots and streets
and sidewalks—rain and rain and rain
ever
unfurling
black fabric of fast
riverupholsters the night
skies utter
lightning
streams use a whirr of
water—few hear such wisdom
Chuck Von Nordheim lives in a yellow house by a green river outside of Dayton, Ohio. He toils as a graduate assistant in the Wright State University English department, teaching first-year composition. His work has also appeared in High Coup Journal and Haiku Journal, among other places.
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