The Tookany Review Vol. II Fall/Winter 2006/2007
In this issue
Edited by Deborah
Fries
At this time, the
Tookany Review
is accepting only the work of
writers who are enrolled
or have been enrolled in
Cheltenham Adult School
writing workshops.
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about
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E. Twan Crawford
Two poems
Summer Shower
The golden rays of the morning sun splinter through the window
Like shards of hot
glass they fall to our bed and mingle with the tousled
sheets
I grasp for the
dream that was just there, but find only remains of its
departure.
In the shower, I stand frozen while heat and steam surrounds me.
As I gather my things she tries to smile, but the tears start to fall,
Like rain falling in a river they disappear upon hitting the floor
Outside we say our last good byes.
We embrace; her skin smells of summer, her hair smooth as silk
The seconds move
as hours, for two I want to stay, by three I know I
won
The gentle kiss is broken and I slip away, down the steps and to the top of the hill
The grass has grown high now and I
’m waist deep in green,I turn one last time, she motions her head and I do the same
In a distant place inside me I hear a door slam
Feelings and emotions in a tangle of the past
The pain it comes from leaving and leaving comes from pain
So over the hill
to the train tracks I follow, to the next town, the next hill,
the next summer shower.
E. Twan S. Crawford is a photographer and musician living in Glenside. Fulltime, he is an IT director for a local advertising firm. He is exploring poetry and writing as other means of creative self expression.