April 2021
Bio Note: An author, poet, educator, my poems and stories have appeared in many international literary
magazines, journals and anthologies, including The Fib Review, The Flatbush Review, Street Lit: Representing the
Urban Landscape, Shot Glass Journal, and the Atherton Review. My most recent poetry collections are Edges,
Rags & Feathers,. and Serpent’s Tooth: Poems (2021). Masques: Flash Fiction & Short Stories,, my
first collection of fiction, was published in August 2020. A Washington based author, I currently enjoy writing, turning
wood, participating in “virtual” poetry readings, and fishing along the Hood Canal.
Li Po’s Moon
From the confines of a fishing boat
hanging onto oarlocks and mossy fish nets,
Li Po glances down into the glassy depths,
the untarnished looking glass faithfully reflects
a harvest moon rising, meticulously extending
luminescent fingers through Douglas fir
and Ponderosa pine trees, lighting up
sleepy pastures, waking fall armyworms
whilst Li Po’s floating craft drifts peacefully
atop the lake’s serene freshwater surface,
between deep slugs of wine and lunar toasts,
he admires his phizzog in nature’s mirror;
Luna’s beaming face seemingly sits on his left
shoulder, as he continues to carouse, lurching
then drowning trying to embrace her; high above
Li Po’s constant yet elusive love—the moon—wanes.
©2021 Sterling Warner
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