New Verse: Two Poems

Time for more poetry with contributions by two poets today. First up is Doug Draine and then it is over James S. Dorr with an interesting take on modern-day werewolves.

People of The Lie
by Doug Draime

Something happens
in the man created
reality.  A strong
pull to the static,
pulverized atmosphere
of fable and doom,
chariot races
and planets exploding
in unknown
galaxies.

* Doug Draime says he is a fan of the Grievous Angel zine, which is great because we are a fan of his poetry. We have a soft spot for exploding planets in unknown galaxies. Doug's most recnt book is More Than The Alley, released in 2012 by Interior Noise Press. He lives in the foothills of the Cascade mountain range in Oregon.


Beware of the Dog
by James S. Dorr

Sure, we've all heard it before, 
how every full moon he gets out of control, 
but any Saturday night in this burg 
gets a little bit heavy.  
Besides most of the bars 
don't even let pets in, 
no matter whether they're dogs or wolves -
not even seeing-eye pooches for blind folks - 
and by Monday morning we're all so hung 
that who even remembers? 
So the thing is, sure, exercise some caution 
when something growls at you, 
maybe even stay in your car 
until it lopes past, 
but come the next work week 
it's "How's it going, Charlie," 
when you pass his station at the plant 
down the row from your own, 
never mind what's the moon phase. 

* This is the third occasion on which I've had the pleasure of publishing work by James S. Dorr. Based in Indiana, his The Tears of Isis is a 2013 Bram Stoker Award fiction collection finalist. His other books includeStrange Mistresses: Tales of Wonder & Romance, Darker Loves: Tales of Mystery & Regret and his all-poetry collection Vamps (A Retrospective). You can find him blogging at http://jamesdorrwriter.wordpress.com