Study/Violet
by Leonard Gonatarek

The snow that appears violet, later, in a photo,
now lights up all of the night.
Dark is not an enigma. We are the enigma.
We carry the moon from the well

to the door of the house.
Evil is made to sit in the corner, silent.
A child. Milk. It spills across the floor, moonlight.
The cat licks up the truth, fast as it can. The cat loves the child.

Leonard Gontarek is the author of St. Genevieve Watching Over Paris, Van Morrison Can't Find His Feet, Zen For Beginners and Deja Vu Diner (Autumn House Press, 2006). His poems have appeared in The Best American Poetry, Joyful Noise! An Anthology of American Spiritual Poetry, American Poetry Review, Blackbird, BlazeVox, Pool, Field, and as a tattoo. He has been nominated five times for the Pushcart Prize. He received poetry fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts in 1994 and 2004. He conducts poetry workshops at The University City Arts League, Robin's Bookstore, and in the Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership.

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