{"id":1506,"date":"2026-08-01T19:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aswordsfly.com\/?p=1506"},"modified":"2026-08-01T19:51:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:21:51","slug":"page-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aswordsfly.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/01\/page-13\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:max-content max-content;column-gap:6rem;row-gap:.2rem;width:max-content;margin:0 auto;font-family:inherit;\">\n  <span>more thaw<\/span><span><em>when snow<\/em><\/span>\n  <span>continues<\/span><span><em>covered mountains go<\/em><\/span>\n\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1;height:1.5rem;\"><\/div>\n\n  <span>growing<\/span><span><em>behind<\/em><\/span>\n  <span>distance<\/span><span><em>the haze<\/em><\/span>\n\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1;height:1.5rem;\"><\/div>\n\n  <span>between each<\/span><span><em>we drink coffee<\/em><\/span>\n  <span>grass underneath<\/span><span><em>freed from the windows<\/em><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>\u2014Biswajit Mishra, Canada<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:168px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">FISHING<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">and for the pelican<br>patiently waiting<br>I set aside<br>the head<br>and tail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>\u2014John Grey, USA<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:99px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4ad0f06216e75838dbfb3932eae478b7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">About <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bd6637e23601511b6417a84eb85dad43 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Biswajit Mishra<\/strong> is a bilingual poet writing mostly in English and occasionally in Odia. His poems have been published internationally in magazines. Born in India and having spent a few years in Kenya, Biswajit and his wife Bharati currently live in Calgary, Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0981d676394301ff2bb1c2967f810fe5 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>John Grey<\/strong> is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in Midnight Mind, Willow Review and the Pennsylvania Literary Journal. Latest books, \u201cBittersweet\u201d, \u201cSubject Matters\u201d and \u201cBetween Two Fires\u201d are available through Amazon. 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