This is not a hearth by William J. Joel
I think I’ll sit awhile beside a warming fire which,
perhaps, might be a figment of my addled brain,
aflame with far too many thoughts, too many puzzles
like the ones I played with as a child, for the satisfaction
of solving them.
Excuse me as I tend the ashen logs;
they need a poke or two to spark a life, even if
they only warm the chilly scenes I see behind my eyes.
All things are connected. That's the premise of what William J. Joel does. Each of Mr. Joel's interests informs each other. Mr. Joel has been teaching computer science since 1983 and has been a writer even longer. His works have recently appeared in Common Ground Review, DASH Literary Journal, The Blend International, Liminality, and North Dakota Quarterly.