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Three Poems by J.S. MacLean Bluegrass Afternoon The
dory cleaves blue reeds Lagoon
rippled sky Corn
jug and cheddar |
Crawler You
embark on a branch |
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Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle Along
sodden banks It
is a torrent deep in the gut, The
arrow slays us all, |
J.S. MacLean is a Canadian of Celtic extraction living in Calgary Alberta close to the Rocky Mountains. He holds degrees in Geology and in Education. He has had over eighty poems published in a variety of publications in Canada, USA, UK, and Australia over the past four years. In 2007 he won 1st prize in poetry in THIS Magazine's "Great Canadian Literary Hunt". Some recent publications, or soon to be published, are in Anobium, Shit Creek Review, Centrifugal Eye, Red Ochre Lit., and Hulltown 360. He plans to publish a collection; Molasses Smothered Lemon Slices in 2012. He has served as a poetry and art editor, as well as e-publisher, of the Triggerfish Critical Review.
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