g emil reutter is a writer of poems and stories. 19 collections of his poetry and fiction have been published, most recently, Until Next Time - Selected Poems 1990-2022 and a chapbook, Glint- Down the Shore Poems, 2024.
He can be found here:
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Not Over the Rainbow
I
Toto whimpers, Dorothy not here
loud crunching of carrots, rabbit not
here. Jersey across water, interstate ribbons
through. Town of refinery tanks, Amazon rises
from steel dust, under bridges over roads, row house
yards. Refinery towers, warehouses on edge. Sssh/sniffy
rattle/cough. Suburban wasteland, urban landscape of crumbling
cathedrals to store front churches
II
No snow, rain. Just cold and colder
cold in the woods of everywhere, naked
petrified leaves of rotten brown hang from
frayed small suckers, uprooted trees, broken boles
throw, snap, stands horizontal, broken trunk after broken
trunk, roots splayed in midair. Flashing red light, ice chunks pierce
defeated shore line.
Thursday, June 6thfrom 6:00 - 7:45 p.m. forFirst Thursday Poetry at Goggleworks Center for the Arts201 Washington St., Reading berksbards@gmail.com https://berksbards.blogspot.com/
