Mark Hammerschick

Mark Hammerschick is a poet based in the Chicago area and has a BA in English from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and a BS and MBA. His poetry is also forthcoming in The Metaworker and Breadcrumbs Magazine.

“Black Hole Desert,” “The Relativity of Loss” and “Hip Hop”

Weary sun sighs deeply.
Rattlesnakes seek solace.
Tumbleweeds bleed wisdom.
Saguaro reach deep into green pockets
of scattered water loose
in rancid blankets of arid certainty.
Scorpions seethe, swallowing sand,
each and every granule
a microcosm of the infinite.

Issue 39, July 2020

Mark Hammerschick

Mark Hammerschick is a poet based in the Chicago area and has a BA in English from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and a BS and MBA. His poetry is also forthcoming in The Metaworker and Breadcrumbs Magazine.

“Black Hole Desert,” “The Relativity of Loss” and “Hip Hop”

Weary sun sighs deeply.
Rattlesnakes seek solace.
Tumbleweeds bleed wisdom.
Saguaro reach deep into green pockets
of scattered water loose
in rancid blankets of arid certainty.
Scorpions seethe, swallowing sand,
each and every granule
a microcosm of the infinite.

Issue 39, July 2020

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