Fall Church

The collapse is peerless.
Neat — once — as a pin.
The iron gates, stolen.
A vaulted door leans.
What new here begins?

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Adam Houle is the author of Stray, a finalist for the Colorado Book Awards. His poems have appeared in AGNI, Shenandoah, The Baltimore Review, and elsewhere. He lives in South Carolina where he teaches at Francis Marion University and co-edits Twelve Mile Review.