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Category Archives: Luke Fischer

We thank the clouds
Luke Fischer / Poetry

We thank the clouds

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Poem and Dish • Leave a comment

We thank the clouds that come and go and sometimes linger We thank the cumuli for the brooding that arrests our busyness our preoccupations We thank the storm clouds for our passions and the lightning that splits the dead stumps our hearts had become, opens them to the rain We thank the quills of cirrus … Continue reading →

Syrian Desert
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Syrian Desert

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Poem and Dish • Leave a comment

Syrian Desert I walk off alone through the hot winds that flap my clothes like the broken sail of a dhow beaten by storms on the Red Sea, across the ochre sands and scattered rocks and past the caves where desert fathers once dwelled and prayed. My eyes settle before the calm expanse, trace the … Continue reading →

Flamenco Trio
Luke Fischer / Poetry

Flamenco Trio

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Poem and Dish • Leave a comment

Flamenco Trio ​Granada An old man sits at the rear of a dusky cavern, dressed in a suit and hot pink tie. He listens intently to the dexterous fingerwork of the young guitarist on his left, mining with his ears for something that might appear behind the notes. Every now and then he claps and … Continue reading →

Band of Cockatoos, by Luke Fischer
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Band of Cockatoos, by Luke Fischer

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Poem and Dish • Leave a comment

Band of Cockatoos The white of their plumage seems a bit too white like the polished teeth of salesmen or the glare of the sheet on which I jot these observations though they remind me of children as they quietly collect twigs and leaves from around the path. Now and then they reveal the wattle … Continue reading →

Augury?
Luke Fischer / Poetry

Augury?

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Poem and Dish • 2 Comments

Augury? Samothraki, Greece for Jakob Ziguras   1 I’m not sure if I’m following a trail left by goats or on the human path as I attempt to circumvent the farmstead where, the last time I came near, a dog pursued me, snapping and snarling. Noticing the piles of rusting junk dispersed around the place … Continue reading →

Poet of the Month – February
Luke Fischer / Poet of the Month

Poet of the Month – February

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Poem and Dish • 2 Comments

Poem and Dish is creating a new category titled: Poet of the Month. A poet will be featured every month and one of his or her poems will be posted weekly for four consecutive weeks. I am so excited to be highlighting in the month of February the work of Luke Fischer. Luke Fischer is … Continue reading →

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