Author Archive for Steven Schroeder

Dragonflies Steven Schroeder

After rain, dragonflies
shimmer eye high
over a footbridge,
sprinkle sun
like holy water on
every morning pilgrim.

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Compulsory Military Exercise Steven Schroeder

Early morning, three
go slow against a sleepy
river of child soldiers
marching to someone’s idea
of a good war. The driver
of a small car honks
at every one as though
he thinks the sound will
make them turn
and say no,
but they flow
like water
around a rock
that has fallen
into the stream,
and he moves on
at the pace they set.
Another, in an SUV, is accustomed [...]