Red West Rising

by Kevin Stadt | Oct 29, 2020 | Poetry | 0 |

by Kevin Stadt

crackshot of bone broken clean

speared necks and westward insect rivers

train cars groaning with black powder

thick-boned apes

roped to ancient savannahs and

unseen murders

iron horses devouring coins

meat doors and windows

hanging, flexing

skulls falling
like leaves

About The Author

Kevin Stadt

Kevin Stadt holds a master’s degree in teaching writing and a doctorate in American literature; he currently teaches writing at Hanyang University. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in the Edison Literary Review, Front Porch Review, Neologism Poetry Journal, Nixes Mate Review, and Rust + Moth, among others. He lives in South Korea with his wife and sons, who are interdimensional cyborg pirates wanted in a dozen star systems.