POETRY<br>County Route 705<br>John Dorsey<br>Writer of the Month
is full of ghost stories
faded yearbook photos
of dreams that died
on loose gravel
the sun shining
on our failures
just hanging there
like a rusty hubcap
nailed to the cross.
John Dorsey lived for many years in Toledo, Ohio. He is the author of several collections of poetry, including Teaching the Dead to Sing: The Outlaw's Prayer (Rose of Sharon Press, 2006), Sodomy is a City in New Jersey (American Mettle Books, 2010), Appalachian Frankenstein (GTK Press, 2015) and Being the Fire (Tangerine Press, 2016). He is the current Poet Laureate of Belle, MO. He may be reached at archerevans@yahoo.com.