Alec Solomita’s fiction has appeared in the Southwest Review, The Mississippi Review, Southword Journal, and The Drum (audio), among other publications. He was shortlisted by the Bridport Prize and Southword Journal. His poetry has appeared in The Ekphrastic Review, Gnashing Teeth Publishing, The Galway Review, Bold + Italic, Litbreak, Subterranean Blue Poetry, The Blue Nib, Red Dirt Forum, and elsewhere.  His chapbook, “Do Not Forsake Me,” was published in 2017 and is still available at Finishing Line Press and Amazon. His first full-length book of poetry was published last April by Kelsay Press. He lives in Massachusetts.

There Are Those

There are those (and not a few)
who’ve already concluded
that I’ve gone to seed in the
past handful of years.

Do they know about you?
Indeed they do!
With me bruiting about your passing
in every other verse.

I’ve written so much about
you, my sleeping beauty,
I’ve well-nigh buried you twice,
once with earth
and once with shovelfuls
of vain rhyming words.