for John Barlow
He’s
standing in the crowded bar
pouring
out his euphoria
empty
beer glass in hand
raised
in his version of an offering
He’s
been welcomed, slapped on the back
and
bought a drink to see what happens;
but no
one listens late into the night
when
his dreams begin to make sense
He’s
been patronized but not understood
forgotten
already in this loud surround
they’re
looking over his shoulder
for
the next big thing
He
holds the empty glass
drinking it all in
Nicholas Power performs in wild places with The River Poets.
Recent published work includes ordinary clothes, Tin Dittos, Melancholy Scientist, and poems in The Boneshaker Anthology, thelightekphrastic.com, wildculture.com, and ottawater.com.
He’s been part of Artfest in Kingston, the Ottawa International Writers Festival, the International Festival of Authors, and Small Press Book Fairs in Ottawa and Toronto.
Nicholas is the publisher of Gesture Press and works as a psychotherapist in private practice in Toronto.