April is National Poetry Month: Inspired by Writers-Part III

Here is another poem inspired byMindy McGinnis,this time it’s her second book, IN A HANDFUL OF DUST,a young adult dystopian that feels very real!The Road meets Little House on the Prairie.

Across the Country

Robert L. Slater
Across the country,
All we are in a handful of dust

Dry and dusty, wet and dank
Across the country, sweat soaked stank
Down in dungeons, basements base
In storm cellar’s flooded waste

Across the country seeking sun
Avoiding ghost towns till day is done
They cling together...