Poems Niederngasse Michael Spring the door is in the river the door is caught on a shelf of falling water it is held by the broken branches of the children’s fallen rope-swing tree the round glass window on the door is cracked cloud after cloud shatters – fragments – regurgitates and disappears into itself like some cubist painting animated the door flexes and shudders – a stiff wing murky water slops and slobbers over the edges perhaps the children’s rope-swing rope is coiled beneath this door – perhaps it has already slipped away past the graveled shallows a hundred miles downstream d Michael Spring is the author of two poetry books: blue crow (Lit Pot Press, Inc.) and Mudsong (Pygmy Forest Press). His poems have appeared in numerous publications, including: The Atlanta Review, Dublin Quarterly, Midwest Quarterly, Poems Niederngasse, and The Pedestal Magazine. He won the 2004 Robert Graves Award (IMago Poetry/UK). email:  Michael Spring