By James E. Roethlein
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Three Poems
I.
I made love to you
as fire freezes water
and dead men still dream.
II.
Hand in bitter hand,
laughter-the slow twisting knife,
driving me away.
III.
Sullen stone-razor
wire, cross my wayward path
through these desert lands.
IV.
Loneliness whispered,
then I took her to my bed,
and thought – it was love.
—
James E. Roethlein is a Christian and a poet residing in Palmyra, Pennsylvania. Among his publishing credits are Magnapoets, Speedpoets, and New Thoreau Quarterly. In 2010 he was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Illustration: “The Final Cut” by Robb North
