A warm wind… by Kobus Moolman
When I focus on my breath, it’s not always peaceful. Instead of everything falling away, sometimes all my thoughts rise up and begin a revolution. When I am in those moments, I feel somewhat like Kobus Moolman here. Kobus was the 2015 winner of the Glenna Luschei African American Award for his collection Book of Rooms.
Photo Courtesy Brian Landis
A warm wind…
by Kobus Moolman
A warm wind brings up the smell of wet hair from within his blood.
The smell of door handles and sheets.
The smell of sleepless walls and passages with hands.
The wind is twenty fingers folding soft flesh.
The wind is four eyes copying an eclipse of the moon.
The wind is the smell of remembering
beneath his naked skin.
Toast was a weekly email newsletter that ran from July 2018 to March 2019. All of the pieces from Toast’s run and more can be read in Solo Novo 5/6.
- Glenna Luschei, Abiding Publisher and Editor Emeritus
- Benjamin Daniel Lawless, Editor in Chief
- Tom Harrington, Contributing Editor
- Rena Ferro, Managing Editor
- Brian Landis, Photographer and Advisor