Hugh Martin is a veteran of the Iraq War and the author of In Country (BOA Editions, 2018) and The Stick Soldiers (BOA Editions, 2013). He’s currently completing a PhD at Ohio University.
Poetry
Spring 2012
Spring in Jalula
1. The air is exhaust smoke, desert heat, the black sewage-streams that don't dry. Cows graze beside the river of shit; their noses sift through soggy trash. 2. Last year, […]
Spring 2012
This Morning, We Carry Body Bags,
1.
brand-new, still sealed in plastic wrap,
pile them in the back of the truck.
The dip bulges from L Ts lip and I imagine