Poems in Hamilton Stone Review: The Close Dark

Two more sections from the long poem

"The Close Dark"

are in the current issue of

Hamilton Stone Review

The cover includes a triptych,

Virgens de Guadalupe, 

by Lynda Schor

Lynda Schor 

Kali

"The Close Dark"

is a personal journey

to find a balance between

the alluring and familiar darkness 

of the Hindu goddess 

Kali

and aspects of the Christian Mary. 

Chauvet cave

"The Close Dark" begins in a stone hut in the Cevennes mountains, moves to Philadelphia, then Rocamadour, France, eventually passing through a dream-like motel that resembles Chauvet cave…

La Cieneguilla Petroglyph Site, Santa Fe

The two sections in Hamilton Stone Review take place on a cliff-side full of petroglyphs on the south side of Santa Fe.

Other sections of 

"The Close Dark"

can be found in

Peacock Journal 

here. 

The final section of the poem 

can be found in the current issue 
of 
The Bitter Oleander.

Issue 37 of the Hamilton Stone Review includes work by:

Tony Beyer, Don Brandis, Kevin Casey, Patrick Connelly, Tesa Blue Flores, Jack Freeman, Stephen Gibson, J.M. Hall, stone hedra, Lynn Strongin, John Stupp, Aden Thomas, Richard Weaver, and Mark Young, Nick Bertelson, Garrison Botts, Jonathan Ferrini, Moriah Hampton, Mike Koenig, Patricia Leonard, Sara Cahill Marrom, Eliza Segiet, and Yermiyahu Ahron Taub.

Lynda Schor

Meanwhile, 
it's snowing here!