Brian Beatty
Walking and Talking to Myself
(About the Universe of Trouble)
This trail
I’m out hiking doesn’t end
for miles —
and even then, in the dark,
I’ll just be turning around
to double back through the storm of dust and stars
I’ve kicked up so far.
Also published in this issue, “Wild Conjecture (Short Poem for Jim Harrison)”
Brian Beatty’s poems have appeared in print and online publications in Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and the U.S., as well as in public art projects and on public radio. He’s the author of Coyotes I Couldn’t See (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2016) and Brazil, Indiana (a folk poem) (Kelsay Books/Aldrich Publishing, 2016).