Mid-American Back Roads

Mountain Nose: International Voluntary Services/VN, ’68-’69, II-III Corps, as orphanage shop instructor, supply delivery, and recon. Member Poets West Society. "Mid-American Back Roads" is in Short Circuit #08, Short Édition's quarterly review.

Flocks in flight, Murmurations Of rippling ribbons Against rain-full skies Above the stubble fields Of slump-shouldered towns Where restaurant dining Is fries in paper bags And shopping consists Of convenience store trips. There, the main allure, Aladdin's magic lamp, Is the Interstate sign Pointing the way out.

© Short Édition - All Rights Reserved

3

You might also like…

Poetry
Poetry

Hillie Sorts It Out

Susan Le.

The rain had dried up –  every drip, every puddle –  but Hillie couldn't go out  while her room was a muddle.  Mom had been clear, and  her dad had agreed,  "First, clean up this room!"  ... [+]

Poetry