DOSE OF THE SUN by Sulola Imran Abiola
UN BAUME POUR LA JOURNÉE by Jack Bedell
—for Carol Rice
Some days might require a remedy—
the memory of a field so lush
you could sail across it,
and in the distance, the backs
of horses, noses dipped
in bluegrass, steam
rising off their bodies like ghosts
of family, and always a breeze
flowing across the porch
so full of Tchaikovsky you could almost
pour it into a glass. Sip this
moment. Take a deep breath.
All time is precious. It carries
hope, even when it must
drag it uphill, and into
headwind. Accept this salve knowing
there’s nothing out of sort
that can’t be put back in.
Jack B. Bedell is Professor of English and Coordinator of Creative Writing at Southeastern Louisiana University where he also edits Louisiana Literature and directs the Louisiana Literature Press. Jack’s work has appeared in Southern Review, Birmingham Poetry Review, Pidgeonholes, The Shore, Cotton Xenomorph, Okay Donkey, EcoTheo, The Hopper, Terrain, Kissing Dynamite, and other journals. His latest collection is No Brother, This Storm (Mercer University Press, 2018). He served as Louisiana Poet Laureate 2017-2019.
Sulola Imran Abiola is a native of Oyo state in his early 20s and an aspirant of one of the prestigious universities, a poet & a poetographer, a public servant, a lover of arts and an optimist who believes breakthrough in every life-sniffing situation.Born and bred in the bustling city of Lagos state. He writes across all themes. His work is forthcoming in The Quills, Writenowlit, Undivided magazine and several other magazines. He writes & savors the sound of phone shutters from the state of Osun.