Sometimes, there are things
so horrible no poem can
contain them.

I can write the words
     Swastika.
     Genocide.
     Rape.
but there is no poetry
in them.

Three poems

Troy Urquhart

Troy Urquhart lives in a quaint central Florida town and teaches writing and American literature at Montverde Academy, an independent international boarding school. He is over thirty (some would say considerably so), but he can still hear the high-pitched noises that his students swear are inaudible to people over thirty. His work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in journals including PANK Magazine, The Corduroy Mtn., and Willows Wept Review. His first chapbook, titled Springtime Sea Bathing, was published by Greying Ghost Press in 2010. Contact him online at troyurquhart.com.

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Sometimes, there are things so horrible no poem can contain them.

Three poems

Troy Urquhart

Sometimes, there are things
so horrible no poem can
contain them.