George Franklin has written four books of poetry: Traveling for No Good Reason (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions), Among the Ruins / Entre las ruinas (Katakana Editores), Travels of the Angel of Sorrow (Blue Cedar Press), and Noise of the World (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions). He practices law in Miami, Florida.
A poem by George S. Franklin
Aeneas leans his hand against a palm tree, Rough to the touch and real—his gods appear As dreams, as voices, mists, hallucinations. Walking by Dido’s palace, Aeneas stops, Listens for flutes and drums, a song he knows, Carried and dropped—the sky lit up with flares And antiaircraft weapons. Sandstone scrapes Across his fingers. Burnt fields […]
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