Darkness over NYSE by Fernando de Otto |
Prodigal of blood and treasure not his own,
He beats the drum for war and martyrdom.
Richard O'Connell lives in Deerfield Beach, Florida. His poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Measure. National Review, The Texas Review, Acumen, The Paris Review, The Formalist,. His most recent collections are Dawn Crossing and Waiting for the Terrorists.