Philip Dean Brown’s fiction and poetry appears in numerous magazines including Typehouse where his story won 3rd prize in their fiction competition. His story Helpless won a PEN Syndicated Fiction award. His haiku was on display in downtown Tucson.
Not Far Behind
We shepherds came down from the
mountain herding what needed
to be herded. Not much did. We
all knew where we were headed.
Urged the cattle down from the hills.
Year after forever year edging them
down.
Fattened them for the end. Not one
of us shepherds far behind.
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