He pointed to the page and said
put a sun in here, a star
something to remind your reader of the infinite.
Put the infinite here, he said.
I didn’t think Polaris or Orion, I thought war,
which went on before and after,
throughout the known and unknown universe
A version Published in *82 (Star 82 Journal)
Wendy Taylor Carlisle lives in the Arkansas Ozarks. She is the author of four books, including, The Mercy of Traffic, winner of the Phillip H. McMath 2020 Post-Publication Award and five chapbooks. Her work appears in Atlanta Review, Mom Egg Review, pacificREVIEW and this spring Doubleback Books reprinted her 2008 book, Discount Fireworks as a free download.
