A Wraith in the Tempest
By Syril Quinn
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"Unapologetic and Visceral", Quinn's debut collection—A Wraith in the Tempest—is a reverie on life, death, and living on the hyphen, set in both the abstract and banal experiences of the every day and the unthinkable. With unique and moving accuracy, Quinn doesn't just explore the human condition but dissects the elements that make the difference between living and existing, those things that bring us forward and those that make us turn away. Each poem forces us to recognize that both the beauty and the trauma are equal parts of the revolution of being.
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A Wraith in the Tempest - Syril Quinn
Blue Salmon Press
Copyright © 2018 by Syril Quinn. All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America.
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2018956986
Blue Salmon Press
Tucson, Arizona
www.bluesalmonpress.com
ISBN: 978-1-7326443-0-4
"To live is the rarest thing in the world.
Most people exist, that is all."
—Oscar Wilde
Dedication to the Reader,
My hope is that you find a few words in this collection that aide you in that
harrowing task of living.
No matter the wild, even the dense and impenetrable
ends like a mystery.
Dear Reader, here’s to you.
And here’s to miracles in the jungle.
CONTENTS
The Tempest.....................11
The Wraith.....................43
The Tempest
How it comes to pass
it is
then when we long
hurriedly
for
the sound & smells
of
summer’s
end
and then
autumn comes and then autumn comes
and then autumn
comes
Between Summer and Autumn
sometimes an oak
drops a fistful
to bring attention to her
aching feet; and she’s a sulphurtopped
thing struck in a field by herself
with half a foot wedged
into the loam and little jeremiads
pour out like sweat of
just about every wash
of red—
ruled by lines in the grass
no complaint worth saying
save the utter loneliness
a heavy breeze reminds and
the sounds of little things
searching nectar. Even
I unknowingly wish you were
something other than the
blood gold fire but—
we both hear—that sound’s
the violin bees
through phonograph flowers
playing a light mist of Django
for your life
on the hyphen.
The Beauty of the Sopranist
Once,
an interview with contorted Hazel
&
he/she
forgot to speak except to say
twists like
mine are
scarcely true
but may be
nature’s
total
prize.
Written on a Napkin at a Diner
now comes a
time when
we
cannot
linger
look