R. W. Haynes, from Volume 2:2

R. W. Haynes writes out of South Texas, where he is frequently reminded of William Blake's assertion, "Without Contraries is no progression." He's recently completed a novel and hopes that this year the Muses will help him finish his second book on the playwright Horton Foote.

Below is an excerpt of Hayne's poem in Volume 2:2, "The Slayer of Pain":

          And now the war is gone, and we review
          The smoking ruins of history, yes, mm-hmm,
          Breakfast in bed, green jays outside yodeling
          Like rednecks, love everywhere, music etc.

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This poem can be found in full inside Synesthesia Literary Journal Volume 2:2.