Untitled Country Review (ISSN 2152-7903), published quarterly during 2010-2013, features poetry, book reviews, photography, and short works of non-fiction. Thank you for visiting.


Issue 2: Howie Good




Crows


I hadn’t really noticed before
that crows have black beaks.

Of course,

from the perspective of wild birds,
man is the great mistake.

I flicked away my cigarette
and went back up.

Where was your mother born?
the other people waiting

wanted to know.
As always, I could hear

the false friendliness in my voice.
She was dying across the hall –

like wind and rain through the magnolias.


--Howie Good


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