of a handful of powerful, image-searing works that [Brian] Turner read at the International Poetry Forum's season finale.
The poem follows the rocket's trail from Iraq to the United States, a symbol of how the fear of death remains in the veteran's mind after coming home:
Rockets often fall
in the night sky of the skull, down long avenues
of the brain's myelin sheathing, over synapses
and the rough structures of thought . . .
from Bob Hoover: Post-Gazette: Brian Turner reading launches Poetry Month
~~~~~~~~~~~
No comments :
Post a Comment