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Civil War Battlefield:Culpeper, Virginia 2019 Michael Pittard (bio) There's no one else here.Only the rusty cutoutsilhouettes of riflemen,fingers waiting to fire. On the cedar mountain,radio antennae blinkblue & green lights.Ticks crawl on every blade of grass & chest-high weed & purple flower.I read that these battlesonly matter moment by moment. A cannonball here, an unsheathedsaber there, allflourishes & folderol. Some men come hereevery August, sleeptogether in the thicket,rush & stab & hold each other, reenacthunger, pain, a dyingcall. Why have wecome here? [End Page 77] The signage talksof trampled corn & wheat.You gather buttercups& dragonfly husks. I trace names on allthe headstones, myfingers steady & true. [End Page 78] Michael Pittard Michael Pittard is an English lecturer at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He currently serves as the Book Recommendations editor for The Bookends Review. He has an MFA in Poetry from UNCG and is a former poetry editor of The Greensboro Review. His poetry has appeared in such places as Poetry South, Coffin Bell, and The Citron Review. Copyright © 2022 Berea College ...
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