New work by LEAH FLAX BARBER, ROBERT CORDING, PETER FILKINS
Table of Contents:
- Robert Cording, “In Beaufort”
- Leah Flax Barber, “School Poem” and “Cordelia’s No”
- Peter Filkins, “Trains”
In Beaufort
By Robert Cording
At a rented air B&B, I am sitting on a swing
placed here just for me it seems,
or just to carry off my worries and sorrows
as I rock slowly, back and forth, taking in
the shifting colors of the Broad River that circles
this marsh pocketed with cut-outs of water
and long inlets that circle round and round
as if it were one of those spiritual labyrinths
that bring calm as the center is reached.
