Lakeside

Here, the flagrant moon.
Spangles of light
embellish nocturnal antics
on the water’s brim.
A rush of blue cool,
then fireflies, fancy matings.

Softly, a riot of resonance.

-Janis Butler Holm

 

Janis Butler Holm has served as Associate Editor for _Wide Angle_, the film journal. Her prose, poems, and performance pieces have appeared in small-press, national, and international magazines. Her plays have been produced in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.