1 Poem by Richard D. Houff

Afterword

Her shadow drifts

into a play of light leaving me quite alone

Near the river, a blue heron’s eye

scolds my presence

I move quietly away

distancing myself by way of apology


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Richard D. Houff was the editor of Heeltap Magazine from 1986 to 2010. He has had poetry and prose published in Brooklyn Review, Chiron Review, Louisiana Review, Midwest Quarterly, Nixes Mate Review, North American Review, Rattle, and many other fine magazines.