Views and Mechanics Publisher's Note Review of Down to a Sunless Sea Review of Words of a Feather Creative Nonfiction Burning Men By Gerard Sarnat Integration By David Caplan Hands Across the Sea By Jennifer Mazik Poetry I Can't Wait Until the Resurrection By David Halliday Dashing With You By Mick Joyce Island of Hong By Mick Joyce Fiction The Price of Shoes By Sandra M. McDow Jeux d'Esprit By Julio Peralta-Paulino Feed Me, Pet Me By Stephen Dorneman The Lovely Peasant By G. David Schwartz About the Contributors © 2008, River Walk Journal and respective authors and artists. All rights reserved. Do not use or reproduce without permission. River Walk Journal, Inc. Board of Directors Chairman - Elizabeth Ross Vice Chairman - Joseph Koch Secretary/Treasurer - Geri Stock-Ross Editorial Director - Patti Kurtz, DA Literacy Director - Kenneth Weiss, Ed.D Policy Director - PA State Rep. Jess Stairs Advisory Board Chairman - Patti Kurtz, DA Asst. Chairman - Dan Lachenman, PhD Samuel Hazo Christopher Leland Edwin Yoder Joseph Bathanti Journal Staff Publisher - Elizabeth Ross Editor-In-Chief - Joseph Koch Senior Editor - Patti Kurtz Editor - Elizabeth Murray Copyeditor - Kathy Skaggs Publicity Director (PA) - Geri Stock-Ross For information about submissions, visit http://www.riverwalkjournal.org/subs.html. Questions about promotions, subscribers' services, and advertising should be sent to publisher@riverwalkjournal.org. River Walk Journal, Inc. is a non-profit corporation run entirely by volunteers. For information about volunteer opportunities and internships, visit VolunteerMatch. |
Dashing With You By Mick Joyce Dashing through my mind Flashing in the black sky Like lighting bolts Striking my bed post Shaking my body Images of you Flash and fade As the night air Warms and cools My body jerks and jeers As you lurk in my dreams Finding ways to move my muscle To the rhythm of some far away ocean The waves rise and fall I can’t control them They are like lobster legs Swarming around my bed Waiting to invade Planning their attack Of course I want to reach Your vapors Your peaks Explore your green spaces And hidden places Full of fog and haze Venture deep in your rain forest Crack open your coconuts Drink the sweet milk Dance in your darkness Sing with the larks That fly overhead Run nude between the trees Crawl in your mud Laugh loudly at the spiders That join me in jubilee Talk to the cockatoo Hide in your undergrowth Lay in your lush clovers Rolling over and over Until the rain is over Until clouds break Until the sky is Mirror lake Until rainbows are forever. Until death or life or whatever. |