William L. Alton has been writing now for nearly twenty-five years, recently publishing work in The Poet’s Canvas, Red River Review, The Oklahoma Review, Whalelane and Amarillo Bay. Currently, He lives in Forest Grove, Oregon with his wife and three sons.
Fall 2009
Table of Contents - Vol. V, No. 3
William L. Alton
A hummingbird,
bright red at the throat,
dances with the sunflowers
in my son’s garden. He is
his mother’s boy, born
with his wrists buried
in the ground, coaxing
blossoms from spring storms.
I can not love him more
than I do now.
The way he stares at me
when we talk. Every word drops
into him like rain into rivers.
Sometimes he dances
in the living room.
There is no music,
he just moves his body. He hums
himself a simple rhythm.
© William L. Alton
