ABOUT THE AUTHOR

M F Drummy holds a PhD in historical theology from Fordham University. The author of numerous articles, essays, poems, reviews, and a monograph on religion and ecology, his work has appeared, or will appear, in Allium, [Alternate Route], Anti-Heroin Chic, Aureation, BRAWL, Emerge, FERAL, Heimat Review, Hemlock, Last Leaves, Main Street Rag, Marbled Sigh, Meetinghouse, Muleskinner, Persephone, Poemeleon, Prairie Home, The Word’s Faire, and many others. He and his way cool life partner of over 20 years enjoy splitting their time between the Colorado Rockies and the rest of the planet. He can be found at: Instagram @miguelito.drummalino. You can also find them here.

empty moon

at the haiku

café water bubbles

out of a bamboo pipe

 splashing into the koi pond

tea is brought by

the hipster barista

with her black hair

upswept into a messy bun

we are greeted with

her wide smile as she

informs us that the rain

has already fallen for today

the thin dry

plaintive whistle of

a say’s phoebe downslurs

across the suburban utopia

what transpired

between us last night

as the cars whispered on

the distant boulevard remains unforgiven

discreetly we

talk past each other

while love endures in the face

of the passing of an empty moon