Happy to have a poem published today (“Devastation”) at Headline Poetry.
The history of the poem arises from when I taught ELL years ago. It was around 2002. I taught with a colleague who was a refugee from Sarajevo. She survived the siege–and the stories she told still haunt me.

Thanks to the editors at Headline Poetry.
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The Destructive Age of Urban Warfare; or, How to Kill a City and How to Protect It
John Spencer | March 28, 2019

What a pleasure to find an old rough draft of a poem on an old flash drive. I was looking for a document when I found this, simply titled: “Work on this poem.”
Thanks for joining me.