Drawn
to Night
by Lylanne Musselman
by Lylanne Musselman
I’m
thinking of Hopper
and
how I love
his
painting Nighthawks,
how
I love the contrast
of
light and dark,
and
how I’ve always
been
drawn to realism,
of
how I enjoy diners,
and
sometimes take
pleasure
in eating alone,
and
how no matter
what
time I must rise
the
next day—I am always
a
night owl.
Lylanne
Musselman is an award-winning poet, playwright, and artist,
living in Indiana. Her work has appeared in Pank, Flying Island,
Tipton Poetry Journal, The New Verse News, and The Ekphrastic Review,
among others, and many anthologies. Musselman is the author of five
chapbooks, including the recent Red Mare 16 (Red Mare Press,
2018), a co-author of the volume of poetry, Company of Women New
and Selected Poems, (Chatter House Press, 2013) and author of the
new full-length poetry collection, It’s Not Love, Unfortunately
(Chatter House Press, 2018).