Witness Magazine

Peter Covino

Peter Covino
Peter Covino is associate professor of English at the University of Rhode Island and the author of four books, most recently the poetry collection The Right Place to Jump (New Issues Press 2012). He is working on a collection of translations of the Italian poet Dario Bellezza entitled What Sex is Death?

from Armies in the Blood

By
Poetry•Ghosts - Vol. XVII No. 1 (2014)

DISAPPEARING SOLDIERS —for M.J.C., MIA, Fallujah, Iraq, November 2004 1. PASSING Old moon In the new moon’s Arms        afterward Your scent In the seminar room Corduroy & plaid Each time For a long time Such        cautionary Togetherness As if your Naval officer Past        No longer Mattered Had been enough The bombing of that ship You shirtless At the… [Read More]