When I
told him
I was a
writer, he
immediately
responded,
the only
writer he
knew of
was Fyodor
Dostoyevsky.
"Dostoyevsky
was the
finest of
us all!"
I replied
with a
smile
bright as
a dozen
wayward
suns:
optimistic
for the
first time
in years.
Brenton Booth lives in Sydney, Australia. Poetry of his has appeared in Gargoyle, New York Quarterly, North Dakota Quarterly, Chiron Review, Main Street Rag, Naugatuck River Review, Heavy Feather Review, and Nerve Cowboy. He has two full length collections available from Epic Rites Press.
