Umbrella
A Journal of Poetry and Kindred Prose


John Repp ’s

recent collections include Big Conneautee (poetry, Seven Kitchens Press, 2010) and Heart of Joy (stories, March Street Press, 2009).

Individual poems have appeared in recent issues of Poetry, Freshwater, Pinyon , and Court Green.


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Sleep

Long ago, my men
slept in a troop ship,

Confederate & German
tangled in steerage,

Union & GI snug
in the topmost bunks.

I wore my father’s boots,
no matter blisters,

no matter stink. Heat raged
in our swamp, on our hill.

Each day, my men formed
& fell on train-table, dryer,

leaf-print rug. In the end,
the right ones won.

Then we slept again.



 
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