In One of Night’s Anonymous Hours
I lie awake hearing the wind,
a freight loaded up with the past.
No brakeman, no brakes, and the tracks
leading straight to my bed.
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Mary Makofske is the author of six books of poetry. Her latest are No Angels (Kelsay, 2023, nominated for the Eric Hoffer Award); The Gambler’s Daughter (Orchard Street Press, 2022); World Enough, and Time (Kelsay, 2017); and Traction (Ashland Poetry, 2011), winner of the Richard Snyder Prize. She received the 2024 William Matthews Prize from Asheville Poetry Review and has received first place prizes in Quiet Diamonds, Atlanta Review, New Millennium Writings, Lullwater Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, The Ledge, and Cumberland Poetry Review, and the Hudson-Fowler Prize for a five poem submission from Slant. marymakofske.com
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