Three of my poems were published in the on-line edition of the fine Australian magazine, Contrappasso: “Scarecrow,” “When the Shadows Fall Like Drapes Across the Living Room Floor” and “Elegy To A Betrayer by An Outlaw Prophet.”
Since “Scarecrow” is published in its entirety in the Writings section of this website, I will offer a sample of the other two poems:
When the cock crows twice
and the finger of a maid
pounds like a gavel
ache for my wishbone in your breast
for I foresaw this
—-from “Elegy To A Betrayer by An Outlaw Prophet”
Now
when the shadows fall like drapes
across the living room floor
and hollows appear
under my fair lady’s eyes
the hint of doom to come
and the wine is poured sparkling
into the slender-stemmed glasses
pale as the powder
on the anemic cheeks of my lady
and there is the chatter of smiling teeth
Death the uninvited guest comes slowly in
stalking the soft carpet
crushing the pattern of roses
under his polish heel
—-from “When the Shadows Fall Like Drapes Across the Living Room Floor”
http://contrappassomag.wordpress.com/2014/09/14/from-issue-4-poetry-by-floyd-salas/
Scarecrow Photo (CC) by John Carlin @ Flickr
Note that this is largely a repeat of an earlier blog posting but I did want to offer the link to the on-line version.