April Grant

I’ve been remiss in linking to my published poems.  “Trenchcoat” appeared on August 29, 2011, in Strange Horizons.  Inspired by a rainy season, an old raincoat, and countless black and white movies with Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre.

Armor for Main Street,

Armor to face the world in, day by day.

A borrowed shape to fold your heart away,

More powerful than I have worn before.

A tough hide, used to smoking every night,

That’s heard a lot of bad jazz in its time.