When eternity began its incessant barking
I slipped on the muzzle, took it for a walk.

What a beautiful specimen, said one.
What sunken jowls, said another.

We pulled in different directions,
arms straining in their sockets.

We looked like old chums.
The knife respectfully out of sight.

-Andrei Guruianu

“There are sharp flashes of light, moments when the miraculous world reveals itself to us swiftly, fully. And, because the mind is also a miracle, the lucky words sometimes arrive to capture that revelation and through it witness what it means to be alive. That is the gift of this gorgeous collection.”

– Mary Ann Taylor-Hall

Recent posts from Bigger Than They Appear:

• “Having Banished the Musicians” by Tom C. Hunley
• “Brevity” by Alan Elyshevitz
• “Sudden Storm” by Jane Gentry
• “Winter Heron” by Priscilla Atkins
• “To Earth” by Leatha Kendrick
  

Andrei Guruianu is the author of three collections of poetry and the memoir Metal and Plum (Mayapple Press, 2010). Most recent interest—digital photography.