Leaving Bents Fort
For Floyd bringing good
Riding the high plains from Colorado
To Kansas
A whirlwind gaunt and alone crosses the landscape
I drive the truck south toward Oklahoma
Crossing the same path two moon and roman nose
Once wandered
I am on the edge
Barely in America
Somewhere between rage and freedom…
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We do not accept unsolicited submissions. American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2021 by Lance Henson, “Leaving Bents Fort” from The Antonym, October 23, 2021. Poem reprinted by permission of the author and the publisher. Introduction copyright © 2024 by The Poetry Foundation.