Situation

Field notes from margins.

Beautiful day. Outside gathering.

A child laughs above you.  

A hostile force appears. A toast

offered. 

You know the threat when you

hear it. Time to flee again. 

But there is a precious item.

You’ve left it inside.  

So now you are here, looking.

Looking for it.

Author: Stacey C. Johnson

I keep watch and listen, mostly in dark places.

4 thoughts on “Situation”

  1. Bartholomew Barker – Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, where he has hosted monthly workshops for more than decade. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, written in and about strip clubs, was published in 2013. His second, Milkshakes and Chilidogs, a chapbook of food inspired poetry was served in 2017. He was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2021, 2024 & 2025 as well as the Best of the Net Anthology in 2024. His work has appeared in The Lake, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Panoply, Tipton Poetry Journal, the Gyroscope Review and the Naugatuck River Review among others.
    Bartholomew Barker says:

    I dream like this…

    1. Friend! You found me out. A dream of this nature was most definitely the fuel for this morning’s post. Writing it down was the first time it struck me how often I have this kind. Grateful to be in excellent company here. Cheers to that : )

  2. Jeff Cann – Jeff Cann lives, works, writes, and runs in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. His essays and stories have appeared in the Good Men Project and Like the Wind magazine, as well as various blog sites dealing with the topics of mental health and running. Jeff is married with two children. When he isn’t working, parenting or writing, he can be found hiking or running the wooded trails surrounding Gettysburg. Jeff’s two books, “Fragments – a memoir” and "BAD ASS--My Quest to Become a Back Woods Trail Runner and other obsessive goals" are both available from Amazon.com. A growing collection of stories can be found on his website at https://jefftcann.com.
    Jeff Cann says:

    Menacing!

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