Featured Writer: J. Kevin Wolfe

Bosnian Coffee

Grind beans to graphite.
'Not fine enough' Mensura says
Mohammud's chuckle rumbles 
Roast half-a-minute in the pot.
Gilded handle arches
Pot smalls at the brim 
A teaspoon heap for each half-demitasse.
'Refuge tore
the shirts off our backs
This ritual of coffee
is all we could carry' 
Add half-a-pot of boiling water. Stir.
A froth tans the surface
'Blood's not this thick' 
Add the other half.
Mohammud lights a Drina
It demures in his hand 
Secrete blackvenom into thimbles.
The oil's skin rises
into a rainbow of indigoes 
Don't let it sit.
'Bean ghosts grow bitter'
His laugh thunders
It frightens the Drina's smoke 
Place two sugar cubes beside each.
Sockheads bombed his house
They missed his laugh 
Dip the diamonds. Nibble.
War gnawed Sarajevo
His dirty jokes kept them sane 
Swig the silt. Repeat at 4pm.
Specks pepper the bottom
and haunt the cup

from The Year of Purple Lawn Furniture
c2001 by J. Kevin Wolfe

To Mary in Arizona #1

It didn't work
I was in love
Love slurs judgment
She galloped
Only she can tame herself
I have a hairline fracture
for a keepsake
Still love me?

from The Year of Purple Lawn Furniture
c2001 by J. Kevin Wolfe

Infidelity

Ethel I thought I'd stop by...
Henry what are you doing here? 
-Oh hello dear 
You told me
you put on your best sweater
for a lodge meeting 
-I'm having tea dear 
Tea? With Ethel? 
-Mildred
  We're not having sex
  We're having tea 
Henry
You're not capable
of sex anymore
You're capable
of tea

from The Year of Purple Lawn Furniture
c2001 by J. Kevin Wolfe



J. Kevin Wolfe always has had that problem of looking out the window. He was kicked out of Algebra II in the 10th grade for it. A few decades later, his cube has a view of a pine that gets irritated at the lightest of breezes. There are passionate sunsets in the winter and a constant flux of cars overtop of 90% of the asphalt in the valley. They pay him to look out this window now. Never underestimate how far your weaknesses will take you. Sometimes he looks out other windows. He calls that poetry. J. Kevin Wolfe's poems have appeared in over 60 ezines and in a dozen print publications. 'The Year of Purple Lawn Furniture' is a collection of new poems. J. Kevin Wolfe's poems have appeared in over 60 ezines and in a dozen print publications. His ebook, 'The Year of Purple Lawn Furniture', is the first lanchable Palm OS ebook. 'The Year of Purple Lawn Furniture' An ebook of poetry by J. Kevin Wolfe.

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