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January 30, 2006
by William T. Hathaway
Poetry
(Swans - January 30, 2006)
In the pool a girl, slim and new-breasted,
treads water, watching the high-diving boys.
On the springboard a lad, skinny and shivering,
wavers at the edge.
Above them a Strike Eagle, sleek and silver,
plunges down, trailing a snarl through the blue.
The boy salutes the dive bomber,
dances up his courage, and cannonballs.
The water explodes, its flames engulfing a village.
The girl strokes towards him.
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About the Author
William T. Hathaway's first novel, A World Of Hurt, won a Rinehart
Foundation Award, and his second, Summer Now, has just been published
by Avatar Publication. It is set now amidst the war on
terrorism as a US warrior falls in love with a Sufi Muslim and learns
from her an alternative to the military mentality. (The first chapter is on the publisher's website,
avatarpublication.com.) His writing has been published in over 40 periodicals and he wrote the introduction to America Speaks Out: Collected Essays from Dissident Writers.
Hathaway is a former Fulbright professor of English and creative
writing at universities in Germany. He lives in Oldenburg, Germany.
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