The Photograph
by D.S. Maolalai
a man in an upstairs
and sublet apartment
smoking a cigarette
a faded grey t-shirt
and perfectly framed
by the light he has on
and his window
the bulk of building
and the heavy of night
looking over its shoulder
full of so many clouds
and no stars.
and sublet apartment
smoking a cigarette
a faded grey t-shirt
and perfectly framed
by the light he has on
and his window
the bulk of building
and the heavy of night
looking over its shoulder
full of so many clouds
and no stars.
D.S. Maolalai has received nine nominations for Best of the Net and seven for the Pushcart Prize. His poetry has been released in three collections, Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden (Encircle Press, 2016), Sad Havoc Among the Birds (Turas Press, 2019) and Noble Rot (Turas Press, 2022). Noble Rot included the poem, "Calgary," which first appeared in The Raven Review.