Glenn Bach
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snow, snow (spelling
of inches (footage
one day for (a year
conflicting numbers
as measured from
mornings turn
on the news
all the snow
in Albuquerque
roads closed due
to weather (out
windows
enough breaking clear
morning just cold
enough for (another
day as forecasted
snow continues (crescendo
of drifts (this
struggle of trees
and powerlines under
the weight (sad fact
never snows (havoc
on the road for weeks
snow is our fault
sunlight (storm making
another pass
Glenn Bach is a poet and sound artist from Long Beach, California. His current project is Atlas Peripatetic, a long sequence inspired by the sounds of his morning walk to work. Excerpts have appeared in such journals as Dusie, Jubilat, mprsnd, and Zafusy, and in future issues of Great Works and 42opus.