{"id":1516,"date":"2012-12-28T03:10:44","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T03:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=1516"},"modified":"2017-07-12T02:02:11","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T02:02:11","slug":"patterns-by-john-sibley-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/patterns-by-john-sibley-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Patterns by John Sibley Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ghosts\"<\/a><\/h1>\n

Patterns<\/h1>\n

by John Sibley Williams<\/p>\n

Down the steep drop-off to sea
\nwithout plummeting.
\nReturned by thermals and sweat to the sky
\nwithout rising.
\nEach following the lost one before it,
\nthirteen sandpipers and their aluminum streaks
\nwrite one word for me in the air
\nand at the same time
\nerase it.<\/p>\n

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\nJohn Sibley Williams is the author of six chapbooks, winner of the HEART Poetry Award, and finalist for the Pushcart, Rumi, and The Pinch Poetry Prizes. He has served as Acquisitions Manager of Ooligan Press and publicist for various presses and authors, and holds an MFA in Creative Writing and MA in Book Publishing. A few previous publishing credits include: Inkwell, Bryant Literary Review, Cream City Review, The Chaffin Journal, The Evansville Review, RHINO, Rosebud, and various anthologies. He lives in Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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