Descending on Iowa
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The Mondrian blocks and linesof late autumn fields, brownsetched with black and goldand then the blue-gray leakingof rivers and streams,edges thick with oak and mapleon fire in the sun, still,how many years later,the ground rising faster,the grain trucks yellow,the dust following, farmhouses ghosting by,porches orangewith pumpkins carvedin the comedy of ghoulsand then we hit, skid,and leave our mark,rolling to the very end,engines reversed. [End Page 146]
William Ford has published two books of poems, the prize-winning The Graveyard Picnic (Mid-America P) and Past Present Imperfect (Turning Point), and in 2010, two chapbooks from Pudding House, Allen & Ellen and Descending with Miles. His poems have appeared in the Iowa Review, New Letters, North American Review, Poetry, Southern Humanities Review, and elsewhere. A designated "Iowa Poet" at the 2003 and 2004 Des Moines National Poetry Festivals, Ford has also been nominated for a Pushcart Prize three times. He lives in Iowa City, Iowa.
