
Darrell Petska
Darrell Petska, a retired university engineering editor, is a 2021 and 2022 Pushcart Prize nominee. His poetry can be found in 3rd Wednesday, Muddy River Poetry Review, Verse-Virtual, Chiron Review and widely elsewhere (conservancies.wordpress.com). Father of five and grandfather of six, he lives near Madison, Wisconsin, with his wife of more than 50 years. Rubbish Day Tuesday here is Rubbish Day. To the curb each Monday night we dutifully wheel our rumbly bins. It’s all planned out: pay the tax, consume, toss what’s left to the lumbering trucks that make it disappear: fait accompli! Fifty-two Tuesdays each year, we observe … Continue reading Darrell Petska