New Poetry by Don Thompson

T&R Farms

A brisk, self-confident wind

touches the brackish pond—

a sludge green that broods

and broods until

it becomes almost black.

Nothing happens: Sometimes

the wind has to move on

without moving the water.

- Don Thompson 2016

Don Thompson was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, and has lived in the southern San Joaquin Valley for most of his life.  He has been publishing poetry since the early sixties, including a dozen books and chapbooks.  For more information and links to his publication, visit his website San Joaquin Ink (don-e-thompson.com).