Kevin Holton

Kevin Holton is a cyborg and coffee addict from coastal New Jersey. He's the author of three upcoming novels: The Nightmare King (Siren's Call Publications), At the Hands of Madness (Severed Press), and These Walls Don't Talk, They Scream (HellBound Books). He also co-wrote the short film Human Report 85616. His short work has been published with Radiant Crown Press, Helios Quarterly, Sci-Phi, The Literary Hatchet, The Mad Scientist Journal, Transmundane Press, and Thunderdome Press, among others. When not reading and writing, he can be found narrating audiobooks, talking about Batman, or recharging in a dark room somewhere.


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The February Selected Poet is Kevin Holton Please feel free to email Kevin at: Kevin.JL.Holton@gmail.com
WITHIN THE DUST I’ve lived my life upon the wind I haven’t sense of destiny So take this as a last request Don’t you dare remember me. Etch not my name into the trees Do not mar the gnarled bark- Walk between them with my ghosts Then follow me into the dark. Treasure not the ground below, In it we’re all the same. If rock is placed above my skull, Do not inscribe a name. My work alone is what I leave, My passion, yes, my art. Cling not to flesh and memory When the world I do depart. If you wish to honor me, There is only one way: Write my name within the dust And let the wind blow me away. LAST MAN STANDING Visibility at sixteen feet, Earth’s surface smolders black, red, Sick, sick green as I adjust Gas mask, tightening the straps. Skyscrapers pierce the smog, Towering over barren patches Where farmlands might’ve been, Where animals might once have crawled. I don’t remember the times before Exponential change ripped this climate Apart, don’t remember the ways we lived When people had the luxury of throwing out Expired food. Scavenging in dumpsters, Scouts like me carry refuse back, Feeding our children half-rotten scraps, Taste of mold and arrogance on our tongues. Humans were always survivors. We assumed mankind would outlast All other species. Unfortunately, We did. BEACH YOGA Take a break from Type A hype, Business attire back in the bedroom, Boardroom-ready, far from the sand, Where she headstands her way Through mounting stress. Blood rushing down, hardly Aware of red-face, steady flow of air. Breathe, coos the coach, slow, strong, One with the elements. Who cares? Yoga keeps her toned, slim, Payday ranks higher for the hot, Beauty equated with ability. Feet in the air, she cannot see Sunbeams lighting the soles of her feet, Nor hear calming lulls from a rising sea. Sixty seconds, her internal alarm cries, Needing every pose quantified. Lowering legs back to Earth, Business tycoon rises, standing, satisfied, Thinking of spreadsheets as her heart rate falters. TO DARLING DELUSION Wandering the alleys of my mind, I cherish all of me that she destroys. My loyalty she will repay in kind. Though we are naught to her but helpless toys, Succumbing to her wherever she goes, Her mania is not without its poise. Though some are trapped in torturous throes, I delight in her dark revelry: The element of madness in repose. Speaking in tongues, she brings ecstasy. My mind is filled with fantasy galore For celebrating this insanity. She gives me everything I want and more— I know not what Delusion has in store.	Kevin Holton is a cyborg and coffee addict from coastal New Jersey. He's the author of three upcoming novels: The Nightmare King (Siren's Call Publications), At the Hands of Madness (Severed Press), and These Walls Don't Talk, They Scream (HellBound Books). He also co-wrote the short film Human Report 85616. His short work has been published with Radiant Crown Press, Helios Quarterly, Sci-Phi, The Literary Hatchet, The Mad Scientist Journal, Transmundane Press, and Thunderdome Press, among others. When not reading and writing, he can be found narrating audiobooks, talking about Batman, or recharging in a dark room somewhere.