‘Trepidation’, ‘Surgical Notes’ & ‘Authenticity of Angels’

Kyle McCorquodale is a street photographer and amateur writer from Glasgow Scotland. He likes to focus on street abstract photography.

Trepidation 

swirling clouds

lightning

drenching rain

covering towns below

feeling vibrations

hearing wings flap

voices screeching

hungry beasts

lurking in streets

roaming between houses 

thirsting

preying

where 

can we hide

Surgical Notes

surgeons call it

a quadruple bypass

I call it

a grand slam

out of the park 

nightmare pain

forever a PTSD

beyond the shallow

breathing

gasping baby steps

emaciation

depression

prayers

end of tunnel light

a loss of muse

slowly returns

a renewal

fresh oxygen

fresh blood

circulate

this poem

Authenticity of Angels

wings folded or spread

sculpted stone 

marble bronze crystal

eyes closed gazing

up or down

hands in prayer 

playing a lyre

standing kneeling

churches graveyards

idolized in murals 

actually 

they live and walk

in our midst

plainly dressed 

maybe fancied up

speaking many tongues

called to deliver

messages

once

twice

sometimes more

warnings or promises

all too human

until they are called

Richard Eric Johnson lives and writes poetry in Arlington, Virginia. He has authored five full-length poetry collections and his poetry has appeared in numerous online and print journals. Eric is also a Pushcart nominee. He most recently was honored to be archived at La Salle University’s Connelly Library. He is a graduate of Indiana University with a B.A. in Germanic Languages and an M.S. in Education. After a tour in Viet Nam and West Berlin, he embarked on a career as a public servant and is now very happily retired.