He's rather hard pressed to explain,
however stupendous his brain,
giving Kurds to the Turks
and to Putin (with smirks)
Crimea and Eastern Ukraine.
Jan D. Hodge's poems have appeared in many print and online journals, several being awarded prizes in open national competitions. Two of his books, Taking Shape (a collection of carmina figurata) and The Bard & Scheherazade Keep Company (double-dactyl renderings of Shakespeare, tales from the Arabian Nights, and Reynard the Fox) have been published by Able Muse Press.
