Post Subject: A Fable by Oliver de la Paz

These DEAR EMPIRE poems explore the ever-growing mechanism of empire. Each poem is addressed to the empire and begins with the phrase "These are your [blank]..." creating a shape to the free-wheeling witnessing of the empires reach.

From the publisher: https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/uapress_publications/188/
Poems: https://poets.org/poem/dear-empire-these-are-your-temples
http://www.versedaily.org/2010/dearempire.shtml
https://therumpus.net/2011/04/national-poetry-month-day-12-dear-empire-by-oliver-de-la-paz/