Poets Against War continues the tradition of socially engaged poetry by creating venues for poetry as a voice against war, tyranny and oppression.

Wesley Teal

24 years old

Wesley Teal is a poet, student and bus driver living outside Burlington, IA.
His poems have been published in deep cleveland junkmail oracle,
remark., Raving Dove,
Get Underground, and 24th street irregular press' Poems-for-All Series.

recollections for Brandon

i remember Brandon
like a ghost who slipped between
forgetful memories.

one day, walking home from school,
scott started punching Brandon
while we stood round
     watching
          cheering
               smiling
until we were broken up
     scattered
          forgetful.

ten years later,
they shattered his mind in the desert
before sending him home broken
with a head full of secrets.

i heard later
he went missing in portland
     vanishing
          like a ghost.

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