2 Poems From the Iraq War
A Partial Roll Call
-— May 2004
Zach, Kyle, Matt
Ken, Thom, Rob
Brett, Ken, Nat
Kerman, Aaron, Jason
Kirk, Dean, Bill
Ryan, Tim, LaMont
Walter, William, David
Brian, Pat, Sahib
Jakub, Andrew, Bala
Dominic, Doug, José
Richard, Justin, Marlin
Henry, Cedric, Hans
Jesus Jesus
For Those Who Will Not Vote
-- Election Eve, 2004
Clouds like great ships cross the predawn sky.
While you sleep, dark figures are securing the city.
In addition to 3 prose collections, including Fifteen Florida Cemeteries: Strange Tales Unearthed, Lola Haskins has published 16 collections of poetry, most recently Like Zeros, Like Pearls, about insects. Prior to that, Homelight was named Poetry Book of the Year by Southern Literary Review, and Asylum was featured in the NY Times. Past honors include the Iowa Poetry Prize, two Florida Book Awards, a Florida's Eden prize for environmental writing, and the Emily Dickinson prize from Poetry Society of America. She has served as Honorary Chancellor for FSPA since 2016.