Spring 2016, Volume 20

Poetry by Peycho Kanev

In the Wilderness

In the room of the sleeping man
the air gets tattooed by darkness
and becomes raw, fragile.
The clock beats in sync with his
heartbeat.
Outside
the grass grows like a shadow
inside the dream of the horse sleeping
in the barn.
Dusty cobwebs in the corners
sway in the wind.
In the dark sky the sickle moon
burns like sin,
the next-door neighbor in his
tool shed builds a coffin out of light. 

 

 

 

BIO: Peycho Kanev is the author of 4 poetry collections and two chapbooks, published in USA and Bulgaria. He has won several European awards for his poetry. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines, such as: Poetry Quarterly, Evergreen Review, Front Porch Review, Hawaii Review, Barrow Street, Sheepshead Review, Off the Coast, The Adirondack Review, Sierra Nevada Review, The Cleveland Review and many others.