POETRY

Lisa Carrington Firmin
Fractured
Invisible Veteran

Richard Cecil
Short

Chad Corrigan
(east) Berlin
Hula Girl

Keith Dow
My daughter asks me
Too Sad to Stay
“Checkin in” is Dying Slow

Morrow Dowdle
When I Left the Military
Airshow
Sandbox

Donna J. Gelagotis Lee
Potatoes
First Marines In
Looking for Father’s Boat
Meeting You at the Restaurant
After Fifty Years

Robert Gibb
Elegy Written Before the Fact

Chuck Hale
The Panic Button

Eric Johnson
Boots on the Ground
Complexities
My Mother as Prophet

John M. Johnson
Thank You for Your Service

Megan Merchant
Disembarked at Firth of Forth about twilight.
I was told to find a place to sleep…
The very next day we were herded into freight cars
While on guard in the middle of the nite,
I’m glad you told me…

Dennis Mont’Rros
Post Swarm
Jody Calls

Carl ‘Papa’ Palmer
Back from Iraq 4/04

Blake Rondeau
Achilles
0° 00’ 00.0” N, 85° 00’ 00.0” E