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
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...
