fingers drum, annoy
but the hand’s beloved, warm
Don’t stop, Fingers\u2014DRUM!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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James B. Nicola, a returning contributor to Rue Scribe, is the author of eight collections of poetry, the latest being Fires of Heaven (2021), Turns & Twists (2022), and Natural Tendencies (2023). His nonfiction book Playing the Audience won a Choice magazine award. A Yale grad, he hosts the Hell’s Kitchen International Writers’ Roundtable at his library branch in Manhattan: walk-ins welcome.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n