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. His first full-length book of poetry, “Hard To Be a Hero,” was published last April by Kelsay Press in 2021. Both can be found on Amazon. He’s working on another. He lives in Massachusetts.

Anniversary

After Tennyson

It’s been months
and it’s been years
since you have crossed the bar,
stranding me too deep at sea
to glimpse the brightest star.

Caught in seagrass
trapped by tendrils,
moonless reverie,
you have crossed the bar, my dear,
and stranded me at sea.