Poem Reading: Off to War, Daughter
Published by Hole in the Head Review — Issue 5 — May 2021
Apr 7, 2023
It is April 2023, National Poetry Month. I am recording myself reading one of my published/curated pieces of poetry each day for 30 days.
Reading # 7 of 30
Reading, Off to War, Daughter. This poem was written reflecting a moment when we lived next to a train track in Flossmoor, IL. I was shoveling snow, and a train of tanks rolled by, and I wondered where they were going, the mortality of war, the mortality of sleep. You can read this poem online at Hole in the Head Review.
©️ Trapper Markelz 2023
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