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      February 6, 2023In a Recent Dream, I Met Stephen KingJoshua Eric Williams

      He said he loved one of my poems, so I asked him which one. He responded, “The one about dying.” I told him he’d have to be more specific. He smiled and quoted the following, which I’d never written:
      SCABBARD
      A knife sinks
      in my chest
      a little
      every day.
      My flesh gives
      to the blade
      and whets it
      on the way.
      I don’t fear
      the descent
      or hurry
      what I say—
      A knife sinks
      in my chest
      and sharpens
      all it may.

      from #78 – Winter 2022

      Joshua Eric Williams

      “Dreams sometimes spark my poems. A snippet of a haiku or a line of poetry will enter my dreamworlds, but I’d never had one come to me mostly formed until I met Stephen King in the dream I describe in this piece. Apparently, he also loves a formal poem. If I ever have the privilege of meeting the master of horror, I hope this true story inspires him as much as it inspired me.”

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