David Athey

Back Porch

Across the lake two shimmering oaks

like blossoming pillars of green gold

form a gateway skyward

to a castle

of thunder

and another gate and

another way that will open

in a grand catastrophe

of light

and grace incendiary

descending

descending

upon us

David Athey’s writings have appeared in many journals and magazines, including Christianity and Literature, Iowa Review, Windhover, Berkeley Fiction Review, Relief, Dappled Things, Notre Dame Magazine, and Harvard Review. Athey lives on a small lake with large iguanas, and his books, including the Florida spoof, Iggy in Paradise, are available at Amazon.