Dimly lit room
with a flickering candle.
This small statuette of Buddha
on top of a thick book with
a big cross on the cover.
Half-empty bottle
under half-empty heaven.
Not life,
but something else.
Peycho Kanev is the author of 10 poetry collections and three chapbooks. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines, such as: Rattle, Poetry Quarterly, Evergreen Review, Front Porch Review, Hawaii Review, Barrow Street, Off the Coast, The Adirondack Review, Sierra Nevada Review and many others. His new book of poetry titled A Fake Memoir was published in 2022 by Cyberwit.