Leland James | LOGISTICS

LOGISTICS

On a transport ship
out of Chesapeake Bay
bound for Sicily
—the Big War—

a box
mislabeled
“Projector Parts”

contained
40,000 Purple Hearts.

 

Author’s Bio

Leland James is the author of Inside Apples, a full length book of poetry. His poems have been published in ten countries in many periodicals and anthologies, including, The Spoon River Poetry Review, The South Carolina Review, New Millennium Writers, Aesthetica, HQ, The Haiku Quarterly and the Atlanta Review. www.lelandjamespoet.com.