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Rising Star (Sixth Magnitude)
Joseph Danoski
I tried to be bigger than life,
Create a myth and mystery;
Only to become a flicker
And footnote in history.
It’s time to make a decision,
Adopt a new attitude;
Move with logic and precision
Into my true aptitude.
Poet of the sixth magnitude,
Barely seen with the naked eye;
Radiating more heat than light
In my corner of the sky.
It’s time to rise right-ascension
To a higher latitude;
Climb the degrees of declension,
With measures of gratitude.
Dim star on a dark horizon,
And outshined by brighter names;
I’m rising higher in the charts,
But still sinking in the flames.
Joseph V. Danoski is a writer of letters
and essays on diverse subjects, with strong opinions on many topics. A poet of horror,
science fiction, and fantasy; he has been published
in journals and webzines both in the US and abroad. Various publications include
Scavenger’s Newsletter, Pegasus, Red Owl, The Ultimate Unknown, Penny Dreadful,
Pivot, Psychopoetica (UK), The Nocturnal Lyric, The Quest (India) The Aurorean, The Mentor
& Masque Noir (Australia), Twilight Ending, Talvipaivanseisaus (Finland), The Romantics
Quarterly, Hadrosaur Tales, Endemoniada, Northern Stars Magazine, Taj Mahal
Review (India), The NeoVictorian, The Eclectic Muse (Canada), Frisson, Black
Petals, Outer darkness, Yellow Mama, Sanitarium Magazine, A Year of Sundays
2023, and The Horror Zine. Other activities
include being a multi-instrumentalist, songwriting, and recording original
music. Joseph currently resides in Berlin, New Hampshire. Dojonaki05@Gmail.Com
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