Summer Short Reads #5: Three poems by Peter J. Dellolio

This week, we’re highlighting one of our author’s many talents. These surreal poems originally appeared in BlazeVOX magazine.

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So They Expected

So they expected
full erasure
inside those
inglorious cabinets.

Old motion
to unify the
maze.

Quickly the
desserts conspired
in spite of
sailing night
sky.

 

Fountain Full

Fountain full at
night fall
all flailing
fully.

Sporadic hum so
light and
metallics.

Worn abruptly
yet leaning
waves
conjured in
polite

sanctuary.

 

Maybe It Was

Maybe it was because the
catapult assembly
line had insignificant
vapor.

Quests are precious spirit tools.

Whenever the radio
beamed with questionable
pride, we knew there
were more children
in the
tower.

All through the night. It
was insignificant
moonlight.

Peter J. Dellolio has published three poetry collections (A Box Of Crazy Toys, Bloodstream is the Illusion of Rubies Counting Fireplaces, and Rollercoasters Made of Dream Space).  His writing has appeared in magazines and journals, including poetry, fiction, one-act plays, and film criticism. He graduated from NYU and lives in Brooklyn, New York. His novella, The Vigil, was published earlier this year and can be purchased HERE.

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