L. Ward Abel, Author at The Hyacinth Review https://hyacinthreview.org Literary Arts Journal Fri, 30 Dec 2022 17:58:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/hyacinthreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-Hyacinth-H-Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 L. Ward Abel, Author at The Hyacinth Review https://hyacinthreview.org 32 32 199531397 Long Porch Down https://hyacinthreview.org/l-ward-abel-long-porch-down/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=l-ward-abel-long-porch-down Wed, 21 Dec 2022 04:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=3673 Long porch down tilts to the black river warm half-sea with dead tree fronds mangrove, cypress old wood no nails could ever pierce, painted now by water to keep hands from ever trying. After all we are corrupted enough to be mortal for a blink, then to succumb. While the oil-colored flow— its volume— has…

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]]> 3673 That Massif In The Room https://hyacinthreview.org/l-ward-abel-that-massif-in-the-room/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=l-ward-abel-that-massif-in-the-room Fri, 04 Nov 2022 04:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=3420 I. Woods in post-bloom bristle and sway slow draws through-over-around each a perfect perch with just beyond more of the same a series of infinitely small moments further halved never quite to a stop, a sad reticence at cessation always blazing new ways to that massif in the room. II. The other night after three…

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