Frank William Finney's poem "Winter Games"
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Frank William Finney is a poet and former lecturer from Massachusetts. He lived in Thailand from 1995 until 2020, where he taught literature at Thammasat University. His work has appeared in such publications as From the Four Chambered Heart: In tribute to Anais Nin , The Raven’s Perch, The Thieving Magpie, and other places. New work to appear in The Deronda Review, Freshwater Literary Journal , and Press Pause Press . His chapbook The Folding of the Wings is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. Winter Games (Mount Komagatake, Japan) Above the Kotatsu of the Kamisama Above the steaming sulphurous springs A swirling white flurry spars with the Hakone wind And black wings wrestle on the grey mat of a winter sky Here in the restless thin icy air even the mighty Fuji will be pinned by the clouds. This poem was first published in 1995 in Fingerlings by Catamount Press (Huntsville, Alabama). © 2022 Frank William Finney