Murk

On the river bank
a red-headed girl
emulates the quick snap
of her father’s wrist
as her grub
zings across the surface
of the water.

It is sure,
on the mark,
and the laughter
is good.

 

 

 

Matthew W. Schmeer holds an MFA from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and edits the online journal Poetry Midwest. His poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Cairn, Rio Grande Review, Concrete Wolf, melange, Hawai'i Review, Jabberwock Review, Crab Creek Review, Poetry Motel, Salt Fork Review, Potomac Review, Potpourri, and elsewhere. His chapbook Twenty-one Cents is forthcoming from Pudding House Publications. He is an Assistant Professor of English at Francis Marion University in Florence, South Carolina.

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