Corey Mesler

Land of the Lost
		“Can’t put the rain back in the sky
		When it falls down, please don’t cry.”
				Lucinda Williams


Children, the things we lost
we lost because of the spin,
the cranky axis. Let it be.
We are only flesh, children,
only stars fallen and never
returned. Only children, too,
everyone, here on this last wild ride




Corey Mesler has published prose and/or poetry in many print magazines. 
He has two novels out as well as many chapbooks. His poem, “Sweet Annie Divine,” 
was chosen for Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac. He has been 
nominated for the Pushcart numerous times. 

He's been a book reviewer, fiction editor, university press sales rep, 
grant committee judge, father and son. With his wife he owns Burke’s Book Store, 
one of the country’s oldest (1875) and best independent bookstores. 
He can be found at www.coreymesler.com.