Two Poems by Matthew Olzmann

Two poems by alum Matthew Olzmann (poetry, ’09) appear at Drunken Boat:

The Millihelen

      Unit for measuring beauty. One millihelen is the amount of beauty
      that will launch exactly one ship.   (from urbandictionary.com)

Everyone knows about the beauty that launches
a thousand ships. Her hair unfurls like a flag
and the navy, enflamed, will follow that flag until
everyone is dead. There is power in that.  We know.

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