Say, junk drawer to anyone; there’s a slight start, acknowledgement, a momentary smile— reaction to being found out. Then the little door at the back of your brain opens at the top of its stairs. Quiet light speaks from it; and you rise without steps, pass through into your own
John Hicks
John Hicks is a New Mexico poet: has been published by: South Florida Poetry Journal, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Bangor Literary Journal, Verse-Virtual, Blue Nib, Poetica Review, and others. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from University of Nebraska – Omaha, and writes in the thin mountain air of the southern Rockies.