Rustbelt Poems - Poems about Rustbelt

...Gateway town, Mississippi and Missouri river flooding confluence, with its celebration of manifest destiny, its looming, iconic archway. Stainless westward marker, its culture flowed southward for ......Read the rest...

...Look closely at the crows. At 9:00 p.m. the highway ends and hollow appendages of turning headlights pet the tangled shag of the field. Dead-mute, perched in th......Read the rest...

...Risen From the springtime flooding along South MLK A sh#t-skinned slimy pipe Pops half way up from a grimy hole Like a gopher molded from iron ore Neck and head periscoping left then right Ti......Read the rest...

...At the 5:00 whistle When the sunset in late November Is less light and more molten Like a blast-furnace window Glowing above the highway home Goo spilling from its sparkling ladle Bent At th......Read the rest...

...Gary's Yard Sale, the story Authored by Chuck Keys Among the rustbelt cities of yesterday, Along the edges of the Detroit River, A short distan......Read the rest...