"Glimmers" by Peycho Kanev

Glimmers

The apricot tree behind the house is bathed
in fragrant morning dew.
Yellowed people in old pictures quietly whisper
to each other inside the photo album on the shelf.
Butterflies in little girl’s colors flutter through
the blue ether. My memories live lives of their own,
undisturbed.

Bright leaflets from the sun fall over the rooftops.
In the midday hours everything loses its weight.

I close my eyes and the black dogs are closing
on me.

Peycho Kanev

Peycho Kanev is the author of 10 poetry collections and three chapbooks, published in the USA and Europe. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines, such as: Rattle, Poetry Quarterly, Evergreen Review, Front Porch Review, Hawaii Review, Barrow Street, Sheepshead Review, Off the Coast, The Adirondack Review, Sierra Nevada Review, The Cleveland Review. His new book of poetry, entitled A Fake Memoir, was published in 2022 by Cyberwit.

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