Loch Raven Review - 2006 Winter

Graham Burchell was born in 1950 in Canterbury, England. He is the winner of the 2005 Chapter One Promotions Open Poetry Competition, Winner of the 2006 Hazel Street Productions Poetry Contest, the runner up in the 2005 'Into Africa' International Poetry Competition and a runner up in the 2006 Ware Open Poetry Competition. He is also recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His poetry has appeared in many print and online literary magazines. He is the editor of the online poetry journal, Words-Myth, and now writes full-time from his home in Houston, Texas.

Winter 2006 Table of Contents - Vol. II, No. 4
Poetry Essays Fiction Book Notes & Reviews

Graham Burchell Elegy for the Victims of Delft Diana and Her Companions – Johannes Vermeer 1655-56 I pick thistle from my toes poor people of Delft Jesus so many of the flowers have wilted Fabritius there is melancholy here an arc of down turned heads prayerful contemplation fingers and toes we feel something of your pain more than two minutes silence has cursed our lips no breeze or sound except a sponge squeezed water drizzling between Diana’s toes warm tactless wetness of dog tongue may break the tantalizing space wet unkissed fingers spark a shock wave through ribbons of conjoined limbs a snap to shake off our earth toned robes half moon and pelt belt that pulls in the goddess’s Rembrandtesque pose a snap an explosion a God-timed shock wave gunpowder tore the bricks and limbs of poor Delft © Graham Burchell

Poetry Essays Fiction Book Notes & Reviews