SNAILS / DS MAOLALAI
Trying to avoid the snails
after the night’s rainstorm,
the crack
and squelch
of sorrow
DS Maolalai has been nominated nine times for Best of the Net and five times for the Pushcart Prize. His poetry has been released in two collections, “Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden” (Encircle Press, 2016) and “Sad Havoc Among the Birds” (Turas Press, 2019).
This is so succinct and powerful. Just right; just enough.