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Night Prowl

Night Prowl

Ion Corcos

I am a rattlesnake, wrapped in a purple blanket. A route over water and mountains. The forecast is for snow, half a world away. I am human with fire in my belly, burning wild. A mad dog, prowling the streets at night. It is raining now. It is snowing. My house is on fire. I am a tree holding a nest of eggs. A rattlesnake comes. Steals them. I will not hold fear, tend to it like a baby. It is snowing now. I hold a broken umbrella. An umbrella is a tree without spirit. There is someone in the dark.


Ion Corcos has been published in Every Writer, Grey Sparrow Journal, Plum Tree Tavern, Rose Red Review and other journals. He is a Pushcart Prize nominee. The themes of his work centre on life, nature and spirit. He is currently travelling indefinitely with his partner, Lisa.

Comments

  1. I really love this poem, Ion. It is rich and mysterious, sad and full of emotion. Congratulations!

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  1. […] Ion Corcos has recently had a prose poem, Night Prowl, chosen as just one of six honorable mentions in the Pith of Prose & Poem contest run by Concis magazine. Ion’s poem was selected out of more than 1200 poems and fictions. You can read the poem and hear an audio version of the poem here. […]

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