ON POST COLONIALISM

by E. F. Schraeder


I read the term first
in a smart book

I borrowed from the library
back in grad school and

I wondered
When did they leave?


E.F. Schraeder's creative work has appeared or is forthcoming in the anthologies Kicked Out, Whitechapel 13, Father Grim's Storybook, and others.  Schraeder’s poetry has appeared in Hiram Poetry Review, Bluepepper, On the Issues, Blue Collar Review, Haz Mat Review, New Verse News, and other journals.  She is working on a new manuscript of poems and waiting for more snow.
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