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Quicksilver
        Steve Meador

Beyond this Field


minnows shimmy in a quicksilver creek

and fossils sleep in layers of cracked shale.



mottled shards of sycamore bark

fall silent on magenta flowers.



a berry thicket hides the amber eyes

of a feral cat, a calico we named Pyewacket.



the focus is on a small potted palm

which will be ordinary once the frost comes.
Steve Meador's book Throwing Percy from the Cherry Tree, released by D-N Publishing in 2008, has been nominated for several awards, including a National Book Award and a Pulitzer. His poetry has appeared in Stirring, Umbrella, Blue Fifth Review, Word Riot,  Mipoesias & many others. He has multiple Pushcart nominations.