Map of Artist’s Dream Life

Map of Artist’s Dream Life

by Charles Leggett

A dry yellow
and its neighbor
a pale orange
black given to
fading then purpling
into something tropical
reds varying in
danger and romance
middling inland seas
of blue
straight
lines that don’t
present as borders


Charles Leggett is a professional actor based in Seattle, WA. His poetry has been published in the US, the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Nigeria. Recent publications include Volney Road Review, Ocotillo Review, Heirlock Magazine, Automatic Pilot, Eunoia Review, and Galway Review; work is forthcoming in Poetica Publishing’s next Mizmor Anthology.