Microverse
by Al Ortolani
three a.m.—
coal train hauling
night from my sleep
early spring morning:
sparrows peck sunlight between
patches of snow
little moon—your light
in the graveyard
on the widow’s hands
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Al Ortolani is a teacher in the Kansas City area. His poetry has appeared in The New York Quarterly , Modern Haiku , and others. He is a co-editor of The Little Balkans Review .