The shy pianist thinks about the notes,
as he sits on his porch, waiting for the raccoon
to come take his nocturnal meal, while darting bats
allegro and swoop and trill the night,
their invisible radar, almost a divine song,
the way it dips and soars a sad goodbye …
* poem, in its entirety, is available in the printed version of the current issue.
Bio:
Jay Surdukowski is the author of “Is Poetry a War Crime? Reckoning for Radovan Karadzic the Poet Warrior,” published by the Michigan Journal of International Law, and “The Sword and the Shield: The Uses of Poetry at the War Crimes Trial of Radovan Karadzic, the Poet Warrior,” published by Law and Literature. His poetry has appeared in Poet Lore, the New Hampshire Review, Diagram, and Sow’s Ear Poetry Review, among other journals. He lives on a farm in New Hampshire.