Leonard Gontarek Mouthing the wind that falls into the trees and behind the trees. So good to be home. Clouds break up like small planes. The cardinals and bluebirds at home. My feet up on God’s coffee table, setting down my drink without a cocktail napkin. What Gontarek would do. Grandmother in her wedding gown, softly: You are such an angel. Moths going for the light like a dessert table. Leonard Gontarek is the author of St....

Leonard Gontarek My father takes me out of school early. I’m 9. Mother is dead. He lets me drive. Leonard Gontarek is the author of St. Genevieve Watching Over Paris,Van Morrison Can’t Find His Feet, Zen For Beginners, and Déjà Vu Diner.His poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Fence, Field, Pool, Volt, Verse, The Best American Poetry, Joyful Noise! American Spiritual Poetry, and The Working Poet. He has been nominated...