Three new poems in Usawa

 Three new poems in Usawa Literary Review's tenth edition (Jan 2024) . One of these, below. There was a country we could havebeen There was a country we could havebeentogether – utterly shapelessand well past reform A laughing country with as manysides as a well-cut diamond – tumblingvalleys of rusty lakes, rivers above,seas to the right and left &