one of these days
lazarus will refuse to rise
leaving us abandoned
in a world without miracles
dusty and flat
as hope sinks into his grave
embracing his winding sheet
cradling his bones
in the finality of death
oh the sun will shine
and the birds will sing
but we’ll be left
to our own poor devices
without a star to wish upon
and know at last the frailty
of the human condition
bereft of the saving grace
of the unexpected that
in the blink of an eye
changes everything
RC deWinter’s poetry is widely anthologized, notably in New York City Haiku (NY Times, 2/2017), easing the edges: a collection of everyday miracles, (Patrick Heath Public Library of Boerne, 11/2021) The Connecticut Shakespeare Festival Anthology (River Bend Bookshop Press, 12/2021), in print: 2River, Event, Gargoyle Magazine, the minnesota review, Night Picnic Journal, Plainsongs, Prairie Schooner, Southword, The Ogham Stone, Twelve Mile Review, Variant Literature, York Literary Review among many others and appears in numerous online literary journals.