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R o c k   S a l t   P l u m   R e v i e w                                 Spring 2006

John Valentine

Flight 93

- September 11, 2001

Sometimes love rushes

through the air,

racing like a madman,

crackling on the back

of electrons,

or riding a desperate wind

all the way back home.

The phone rings,

the last call

is like a whisper,

a hand caressing

your hand,

a kiss,

and all you can do

is listen

to the sudden night,

the silence,

the sound of sky

falling everywhere at once.

John Valentine

I teach philosophy courses at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

My poetry publications include The Sewanee Review, The Southern Poetry Review,

The Midwest Quarterly, The Adirondack Review, and others. I have had a chapbook

published with Pudding House Press.

I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week before, had been equally enthusiastic about lectures on Railway Development or the Modern Turkish Essay.” 

                                      - Dylan Thomas

Jalina Mhyana