by Jim Zola
Comet NEOWISE C/2020 F3
that night it seemed placed there, intentionally puzzling, a keyhole hook meant in its obscurity to upend any chance of making sense of the
smashed candycane powder of galaxies
Eric C. Hayward is a copywriter, poet, and licensed acupuncturist. His work appeared recently in Beliveau Review, Kosmos Journal, and The Post Grad Journal, and was featured in the May 2021 issue of Global Poemic: Kindred Voices on the Era of Covid-19. Born on Long Island, NY, he graduated with English Honors from SUNY Stony Brook before moving to Minnesota. Today he writes fiction and poetry from his home in Minnetonka, where he lives with his wife, pets, and teenaged children.
Jim Zola is a poet and photographer living in North Carolina.