SNAILS / DS MAOLALAI

Trying to avoid the snails

after the night’s rainstorm,

the crack

and squelch

of sorrow

DS Maolalai has been nominated nine times for Best of the Net and five times for the Pushcart Prize. His poetry has been released in two collections, “Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden” (Encircle Press, 2016) and “Sad Havoc Among the Birds” (Turas Press, 2019).

One Thought to “SNAILS / DS MAOLALAI”

  1. Cathy Kodra

    This is so succinct and powerful. Just right; just enough.

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