Oh no

by Corey Mesler

Oh no

Oh no, it’s one of those

days when all the music

sounds good and the

danger of falling in love

with the world is as

present as every last ghost.

Published November 10, 2025

Corey Mesler

COREY MESLER has been published in numerous anthologies and journals including Poetry, Gargoyle, Lunch Ticket, Five Points, Good Poems American Places, and New Stories from the South. He has published over 50 books of fiction and poetry. With his wife he owns Burke’s Book Store (est. 1875) in Memphis. His dog, Saskia, tells him which shirt to wear.  

"Oh no" is also available to stream and share on dogyard mag's podcast "The Bark at dogyard" on YouTube and Spotify <3