A kelp of stones, the crack of ocean’s kill The labor of a morning torn and shrill Along the rolling pile of salt and krill-- At crest, the monarch lifts its sail to till Redounds to dolphin weather in the thrill A crystalline assemblage, codicil by Rick Mullin | Photo by Dan Ruhrmanty Copyright 2008 |
Rick Mullin is a journalist and painter whose poetry has appeared in several print and online journals including Measure, Unsplendid, Envoi and Shit Creek Review, which nominated his poem "Shrine to Satan" for a Pushcart Prize in 2007. His chapbook, Aquinas Flinched, is available from Modern Metrics. He lives in northern New Jersey.
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