Sudden
Shower
squirrels
scatter, chipmunks cower
heavens
darken, rain lashes
wind
swells, darkness flashes
heavens
moan, twist and shout
branches
splinter, crash about
this
healing storm
will
wipe us away
Ethan Goffman
Ethan Goffman’s poems have appeared in Ariel Chart, BlazeVox, Burgeon, Loch Raven Review, Mad Swirl, Madness Muse, Ramingo’s Blog, Under the Bleachers and Setu. and in the anthologies The Music of the Aztecs, Narwhal’s Lament, and Epiphanies and Late Realizations of Love. His book, Out of Touch on a Crazy, Dying Planet: poems, ravings, & assorted comic bits, is due in 2020 from Kelsay Books. Ethan is co-founder of It Takes a Community, a Montgomery College initiative that brings poetry to students and local residents. In addition, Ethan is founder and producer of the Poetry & Planet podcast on EarthTalk.org
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