Bio

Ron Scully is a very retired bookseller. After half a lifetime on the road, an original Willie Loman only funnier, he has settled down in the shadow of Mount Renier to read and write. Mostly, he practices daily haiku, and has published widely in short form journals. On occasion he writes lyric poems, but only when given. He has published three chapbooks to date. In 2021, Yavanika Press brought out "still lives". In 2022,"Listening for Thirteen Blackbirds" was published by the Origami Poetry Project. Also in 2022,"master pieces" was brought out by Yavanika Press. In 2023 he published A Sport and a Pastime from Button hook and lastly Bureau of Weights and Measures from Half Day Moon Press. Otherwise he is working on a play."

Whelk
shell
turns its
boney self,
its hard knobbly back,
to the blue and needy ocean.
From where it came and when , darkly and deep, forever
rising and falling; ho'ar of hushed ancients, forlorn, calling to this stoney shore.
Listen to the shape of the Vitruvian breakers
in the spiralling bone hollow.
The shell's inner ear,
fades to pink,
whispers;
save
me.