Lawrence Wray's poem "Near the Moment of Passing, Clocks" can be found in the Post Gazette anthology Verse Envisioned. His full-length collection of poems is The Wavering Flege of Light (Wipf & Stock 2023). Lawrence's poems have appeared in journals such as Crab Orchard Review, Presence, St. Katherine Review, Innisfree Poetry Journal, Poetry Salzburg Review, Relief, and Coal Hill Review. His poem "Behind Closed Eyes" was recorded by poet Gray Jacobik for a pandemic project called.
Highway 491
If it happens that this road is heaven,close your eyes. On the drive acrosssuch a vast country as heaven must be,the road waves as this one does.Its graceful long arcs lead all the wayto the horizon. And isn’t it sothe road stretches even beyond there?You’ll find you’ve been here all alongon Highway 491. On maps just …