John C. Goodman
John C. Goodman lived in British Columbia and Ontario before settling in Newfoundland & Labrador. His novel, Talking to Wendigo (Turnstone Press) was short-listed for an Arthur Ellis Award. Stories, poems and essays have appeared in The Fiddlehead; Otoliths; elimae; pax americana; Counterexample Poetics; BlazeVOX; Ouroboros Review; Cartier Street Review; Istanbul Literary Review and other magazines in Canada and the US. He is the editor of ditch, (www.ditchpoetry.com), an online magazine of experimental poetry.
the mathematics of forgiveness in the face .sound of mountain .reverse algorithm .clouds do not respond to threats . .steam is power under pressure .relative numbers prefer still water . .mist is the power of sound . exponential endings .seagulls hug clouds .relative numbers of whales in a circle .sea ice groans .sound is the power of water . .life is a maze of still water .ice noise .death is a factor of forgiveness . .threats do not respond to differential equations .power is the shadow of mountains . .silent water .
Thursday 5:47 am
brown water from the tap . sky
. a hazy sketch of pink . brown
mood . black
coffee . hazy sketch of raping
dreams . bullied fair
sleep awake . black
mood . raping water . dreams
from the tap . pink coffee
history lesson
in the corners . where dust
settles . where little angers
hide . needle sharp
lies gather . leaf
shadows wander through
windows . quietly
stirring dust . blurring edges
of anger . mean
dering through
corners . desperate to be
believed . as more light
than shadow . more
grace than conviction
