r. f. jordan : Writing

dawn patrol

dawn patrol

A Poem by r. f. jordan


when night ran itself murdered into that gathering glow there came a spirit to those wetsuits my cousin, and i, zipped into. we were on ..
9-11-01 couplet

9-11-01 couplet

A Poem by r. f. jordan


this ladder, without rungs, aflame this city, without tongues, in shame?
blank page

blank page

A Poem by r. f. jordan


the inequity had left him still. she had seen him come and go that dilapidated wench--- wrenched into some expectation of perfection by ..
six twenty two o six

six twenty two o six

A Poem by r. f. jordan


There she was. As the gunner sat stalking that bottom of a Starbucks white-chocolate mocha. He wound up in this place, where this mortar reminds him..
one month

one month

A Poem by r. f. jordan


pumpernickel eyesswallow-tailed grandeur of motion seemingly unlimitedstoic.water under blades of a rescuing chopperuproarious and wispy, sculpted and..
bengal

bengal

A Poem by r. f. jordan


as the silkened yarn is spunthe mighty wealth of kingdoms risinginto the crevice down her backas she walks, a bengal,striped with her prized memorial ..
July 23rd, 2003

July 23rd, 2003

A Poem by r. f. jordan


bourne of truth into apparent decimationclarity/that only shapeshifter - retrospectionas this distant mist veils before that orange peel of an unseen ..
coffee house

coffee house

A Poem by r. f. jordan


oncebefore there was gravitybefore there were consequencesstood a whisperwhose shadow linkedmortar to cosmosa young man grappledtowards that whisperwi..
running red light

running red light

A Poem by r. f. jordan


once her wild wincehad flowered into heaving gaspsi preyed upon her intervalof silence a shadowthere was no darkness amidst that darkness but for dark..
long black Cadillac

long black Cadillac

A Poem by r. f. jordan


underneath that blissful symmetryof luxurythere, at times,hides a shifting shadow.at this point, Thinehallowed memoryremainsin that car preceding.ther..