Snow
By John Zedolik
The body breaks down,
shards sloughing off
in the precipitation
of seconds, each sharp
as a slice, fierce snow
that severs without a sound
’til the drift accumulates
what has now dropped
to gather a high tumulus
holding no hollow for remains
regal or down the social line—
the grained surface the same
as the center mote, fallen the first,
now the heart of finishing to ever,
the source now failed, without a beat
In 2019, John Zedolik published his first full-length collection, entitled Salient Points and Sharp Angles. In 2021, he published another collection, When the Spirit Moves Me, which consists of spiritually themed poems. In 2023 he published his third collection, Mother Mourning, and in 2024 published his fourth collection, entitled The Ramifications, which consists of five long, experimental poems. He recently published his fifth collection, entitled Lovers’ Progress. All these collections are available on Amazon.