Poetry - Issue 5 | June 2009

Two Poems by R L Swihart


Rattigan Glumphoboo

In their case the two curves cross once a day

They never speak in English and Klee is their chi-rho

Today’s fare: Polish and The Creator

Their clothes and underthings are on the chair

Something I didn’t get and something I didn’t get

Which I’ll quickly fill with: Come! Come! Furioso, let’s sail

And now, because I can, I confuse us with them

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About the author

R L Swihart lives in Long Beach, California, and teaches high school mathematics in Los Angeles.  His work has been published online at The Avatar Review, Blue Fifth Review, The Cafe Review, and Mimesis. He’s married to a wonderful Polish girl, and his favorite travel destination is Italy.

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