Night Life in Fountain Square Midnight passes. He sees the dance begin, this pale young man, blue-haired, tattooed and pierced, watching the doe and her small mottled fawn with a possum, sprayed by the Fountain’s mist. He marvels at the lean coyote, shy gray shadow loping down the Avenue by moonlight brighter than the urban sky. The summer drought has drawn them now toward rippling water to relieve their thirst. This hip young man of the galleries, clubs, and lofts, aware perhaps that he is blessed, and just before his giddy wonder ebbs, for the first time hears the rustle of trees, and lifts his baffled face to feel the breeze. Thomas Alan Orr writes and raises Flemish Giant rabbits on a farm in Shelby County, Indiana. His poems have appeared in The Sun, Hobo Camp Review , The Milk House , Twin Bill, and Northwest Indiana Literary Journal.
Dear Flying Island Readers: Welcome to the 4.26 Edition of the Flying Island Journal! In this edition we publish poems by Martha Sherick Shen , Daniel Thomas Moran , Thomas Alan Orr , and Robin Gobetz ; creative nonfiction by Susan Pines ; and fiction by Sally Harvey . Inspired to send us your fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction? For more info on how to submit, see the tab above. Thank you for reading, Flying Island Editors and Readers