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Calm and Quiet

A Poem by Jared Orlando

From yards away I could see a faceReflected on the hardcover sleeve of Kafka on the ShoreBack upright against a weathered benchShe was staring at the ..

Artists in Residence

A Poem by Jared Orlando

I watched the sunlit lines on bed sheets Dance within the morning hours From you tossing and turning Sweetly and gracefully On a bed we made And ..

A Girl of Thirteen Summers

A Poem by Jared Orlando

Sitting in a chair next to a vacant streetStrapped, eyes forced open byCoat hangers (my coats line the yard)Hands that resemble an older man’sBo..

I Fall In Love Every Single Day

A Poem by Jared Orlando

I fall in loveEvery single dayThe girl workingAt the ice rink sales counterThe magazine coverThe billboard above the liquor storeA 3rd grade teacherA ..

Microexpressions of Another

A Poem by Jared Orlando

It is in the incompleteness of the quietOf a distant solitary branch fallingEver so lightly on a single bed of snowAs everything pitters or pattersA c..

Sandy Beaches and Unmade Beds

A Poem by Jared Orlando

We are on our way--Instead of the road, I watch whileShadows are casted from our surroundingsProjected into your incandescent eyesI'm watching Audrey ..

you're a cabin in the woods

A Poem by Jared Orlando

you are a cabin in the woodsa place I long forto escape the loudnessin the streetsa warm sanctuaryaway from the tallswaying buildings downtownI must b..