Roger Pfingston
is a retired teacher of English and photography.
His most recent chapbooks are Earthbound from Pudding House Publications and Singing to the Garden from Parallel Press.
Among his poetry credits are Lumina, Innisfree Poetry Journal, Naugatuck River Review, Valparaiso Poetry Review, and Still Crazy.
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Resolve
Clouds, a feathery stream.
Shiraz for you, for me
a twilit glass of Stella
Artois, crackers and
baba ghanoush, when out
of the woods they prove
the hour, one antler-
crowned, the other working
her flag, a gypsy pair
testing the air and our
resolve as they eye what’s
left of lilies and hostas,
the maple-hung suet.
We hold fast, our glasses
raised; I strike a match
that flares at the end
of a Muriel Coronella.
Snorting, the buck turns.
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