Photography © Glenn Bowie

 

Rapid Bursts

A bend in the road
where dirt takes over
sloppy from drizzle

a small squeal—

You crouch
finding a heart
the size of a new-born bird

shivery
beating in rapid bursts

As though something
too terrible to name
had shoved it
into the overgrowth
for raucous feasting.

 

Susan Isla Tepper presented her darkly comic play Clandestine in an Equity Premiere Staged-reading, hosted by SHOPTALK, on June 10 at Guild Hall Theatre, NYC. Her latest Novel Hair of a Fallen Angel was published by Spuyten Duyvil Books. A twenty-year writer, she’s written twelve published books of fiction and poetry and 7 stage plays. Honors include 21 Pushcart Prize Nominations. Her play The Crooked Heart concerning artist Jackson Pollock premiered on October 25, 2022 at the Irish Repertory Theatre in NYC. Adapted from an earlier novel, it was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Susan is a Brand Ambassador for The Galway Review. A Youtube music video for her latest novel is available here.

Glenn Bowie is a published poet, lyricist, and photographer from the Boston area. He also owns and operates an elevator company that supplies custom-built elevators for clients from New England to Hollywood. Author of two poetry and photograph collections (Under the Weight of Whispers and Into the Thorns and Honey) on Big Table Publishing, he donates all profits from his books to various charities for the homeless and local animal shelters.