Canticle

by

Jéanpaul Ferro
 

 

Poets overuse the word “burlap.”

I especially like the words:

libido

voyeur

paradiso

These are not liberal words.
These are not conservative words either.

“Let this haunt you,” I’d like to write, and then:
“I split her in two;” and also: “We drift off to sleep.”

 

 

Jéanpaul Ferro is a poet, freelance writer, and novelist. His work has appeared in Portland Monthly, Hawaii Review, Newport Review, The Plaza, Mid-South Review, and Biblioteka Alexandria. His work has also been featured in The Plaza's masterpiece series and Votobia's Anthology of America's Writers. He currently resides in Providence, Rhode Island.