Unlike Odysseus, I’m no sacker of cities, no great glory of Achaea. Once I was bright-eyed, like Athena, but have you tried hauling that aegis around the mall with a screaming toddler? But like the king of Ithaka I’ve been a master of action— at least at times—like when I flipped a perfect tortilla española. […]
R.C. Hoerter
R.C. Hoerter’s poems have previously appeared in Mid-American Review, Whiskey Tit Journal, Cacti Fur, and The Mountain anthology from Middle Creek Publishing. He has an MFA from Colorado State University, where he won the AWP Intro Award. He lives in Carrboro, North Carolina.