Photography © Glenn Bowie
Past Daybreak
Just as I’m parting
barely an inch of sheer curtain
A fox comes dashing
across the carpet of virgin snow—
sensing my movement
it picks up speed
As if it knows me
tired, on edge
behind the thick walled house
And decides
I’m not quite ready to glimpse
such sleek red beauty
this early in the season.
Susan Isla Tepper presented her darkly comic play Clandestine in an Equity Premiere Staged-reading, hosted by SHOPTALK, on June 10 at EAG 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 12 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 also a Brand Ambassador for The Galway Review. http://www.susantepper.com
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.