Black Petals Issue #107, Spring, 2024

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Where Dead Babies Come From: Poem by Nolcha Fox
302 Asylum Avenue: Poem by Joseph Danoski
Another Story: Poem by Joseph Danoski
Home Repairs: Poem by Joseph Danoski
A Creepy Leap Year: Poem by Kenneth Vincent Walker
Funeral Memorial: Poem by Kenneth Vincent Walker
BatGrl: Poem by Casey Renee Kiser
Twin Flame: Poem by Casey Renee Kiser
Shadow Play: Poem by Simon MacCulloch
Dark Ride: Poem by Simon MacCulloch
Leviathans of the Void: Poem by Christopher Hivner
Sunbursts: Poem by Christopher Hivner
Into the Eyes: Poem by Anthony Bernstein
Airtime: Poem by Peter Mladinic
Gloria: Poem by Peter Mladinic
The Sorcerer: Poem by C. Walker
Frozen Eve: Poem by C. Walker

Kenneth Vincent Walker: A Creepy Leap Year

A Creepy Leap Year


Kenneth Vincent Walker



...and they disappeared
One brisk starry moonlit
Night; the Moon was full
And a creamy, dreamy,

Ivory shade of white; as
They vanished in thin-air
Without a sound, not a

Trace, no sign of struggle
Nor foul play, no latent
Fingerprints or tracks at
The supposed site of this

Disappearing act, per se,
Only to reemerge and to
Reappear at some exact

Pinpoint in time this year;
Oh, because this year is a
Leap year skipping like a
Slim stone across a pond

Beyond what is fact or a
Delusion or an over-active
Imagination, an illusion,

Or of an alien abduction.

Kenneth Vincent Walker is a "New Formalist" poet, spoken word artist, performer and author of Borderline Absurd (An Exercise in Rhyme and Reason), published by Poem Sugar Press/ Community Arts Ink 2015. More recently his work has been widely published in online magazines, journals and blogs. Kenneth is originally from Buffalo, NY and completed his higher education in Canada. He now resides in South Central Pennsylvania where he performs his brand of poetry at various venues throughout the region.

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