Richard Dinges Jr Sounds of Home

Sounds of Home

Hollow clop of heels on wood, cupboard door bangs and oven door clicks, water rushes its short shouts down a drain and glass rings a tiny bell to wake me from my afternoon dream that I have wandered too far from home, now drawn back into it clutter and chatter, its slightly stale notes of a never lost soul.

Richard Dinges, Jr

Richard Dinges, Jr lives and works by a pond among trees and grassland, along with his wife, two dogs, three cats, and five chickens. He is recently published in Willow Review, Oracle, Writer’s Block, and others.

She Closes Her Eyes

Outside, the wind pushes dead leaves along the avenue;

Inside, she closes her eyes, leans against the pane and dreams

of him. . . ripping her robe —kissing her shoulder.

William Waters

William Waters is an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of Houston Downtown. Along with Sonja Foss, he is coauthor of Destination Dissertation: A Traveler’s Guide to a Done Dissertation. His research and teaching interests are in writing theory and modern grammar.