Of Hindrance
- Of Hindrance
No faces yet for the dead—no names, places, or certainties.
The little dog in the soul sitscocking his head at the newscasters.
No faces yet for the wounded.Little dog goes mad, howling now
for the million languages to answer:which has a word for snow-
on-pines-and-the-wind-banging-like-a-dull-axe-chopping?
An overwhelming majority ofheadwounds. Glass bowl
of naval oranges—trees waltzingoutside the hospital window.
There is a narrow stretch wherethe current slows over gravel and shale.
It is a popular place to cross. [End Page 37]
F. Daniel Rzicznek is the author of two poetry collections, Divination Machine (Free Verse Editions/Parlor Press, 2009) and Neck of the World (Utah State University Press, 2007), as well as two chapbooks, Vine River Hermitage (Cooper Dillon Books, 2011) and Cloud Tablets (Kent State University Press, 2006). His individual poems have appeared in Boston Review, The New Republic, Orion, Mississippi Review, Hotel Amerika, and Shenandoah. He is also co-editor (with Gary L. McDowell) of The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Prose Poetry: Contemporary Poets in Discussion and Practice (Rose Metal Press, 2010). He teaches writing at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.
