Join the Navy: Ask Me about It
The bunting looks emaciated,
hanging there with stars above
and stripes dangling. Two desks
leer across a gap too wide
for puberty to negotiate.
Through the open door we spot
feet atop one
William Doreski
William Doreski lives in Peterborough, New Hampshire, and teaches at Keene State College. His most recent book of poetry is <i>The Suburbs of Atlantis</i> (2013). He has published three critical studi
The Bridge at Trinquetaille
(Arles, 1888)
Long stone slabs, a flight of steps
leading from a roughly cobbled street.
Then a narrower stairway flanked
by thick concrete walls, twenty-six
risers to a modern steel bridge,
gray stringers