Gravity: A Journal of Online Writing Issue 17

Issue 17, April 1998
Christopher Stolle - Poem




Moist Darkness
shared from generation one to infinity,
an ordinary smile shackled to his lips
     and footsteps in his eyes
          more earth to unearth
          more dirt to clean
     with his hope for soapy dreams

virgin color raped from his face
leaving dignity under his fingernails
     and shame in his voice
          more direction to direct
          more heels to wound
     with his penchant for naive trails

timid fascination with emoting female onlookers
as he photographs bleeding diamonds for magazines
     and loneliness in his heart
          more lies to lay down with
          more disappointment to savor
     with his taste for shadow kisses

T of C

Editor's Desk
Fanny-Min Becker
* Christina Becker (22)
* Not on Friday the Thirteenth
David Sutherland
* Deep Adjustments
Tori Wilfred
* Communion
* Broken Sidewalks
Jim Graham
* Trip
Dave Skyrie
* Welcome
* Early Rising in Montreal
* Winter Poem
* Postcard to Joanne
David Donlon
* A Spirit of Solitude...
Peter Casey
* The King of Grant Park
Susan Young
* Letter to Lazarus (from Mary)
J. Kevin Wolfe
* One Strong Wing
* van Gogh Says
Christopher Stolle
* Moist Darkness
Jonathan Waterbury
* After the Arson
* Here is This Olive
Izabel Sonia Ganz
* Pansies...
* http://www.net
Dancing Bear
* Email Transylvania
* Birch Moon
Ryan Gialames
* crystal gamma rays
Cheri Amey
* Diversion
* Rhyth m
* Eating at McDonald's
William Burns
* Neglected Ghost
* Mess
* Reckless Abandon
Marie Kazalia
* tall grass
Bridgette Moore
* In front of the subway entrance
* barely there
Perry Thompson
* A Saint Dreamed...
Jody Solis
* I Hear It
Janet Buck
* Winter First
* The Vapor Trail
* Certain Skunks
Catherine Farid
* Scrambling
John Carle
* Review of Chandler and Rockstroh's Protection From All This Safety
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