Reflection

With these 14-word sonnets, I hope the reader can be open to seeing/hearing the ordinary in a new way. Doesn't need to be profound; maybe it's just a little nudge toward newness.  Much more than any previous poetry I've written, I have given extra time and thought to how a title can contribute to how, or if, a poem "works." What do you say, dear reader?

There’s

pleasure

in

not

getting

tired

of

something

I

said

agreeing

with

the

dog.

Randy Prunty lives in the Bay Area where he works as a bus driver. In 2022 BlazeVox published Test Camp, a collection of his poetry. Other work can be seen in Fence, Volt, the tiny, New American Writing, Poemeleon, and forthcoming in Posit. 

Randy's Book Recommendations

Excursive, by Elizabeth Robinson. Roof Books, 2023.

Locals Only, by Craig Folz. Compound Press, 2020.

Stanzas in Meditation, by Gertrude Stein. Sun and Moon Press, 1994.

Notes From The Passenger, by Gillian Conoley, Nightboat, 2023