Jonathan Ballam : Writing

plastic II

plastic II

A Poem by Jonathan Ballam


her shoulders are the scaffolding we use to build paper pyramids
the old armchair

the old armchair

A Poem by Jonathan Ballam


kill the commercial white noise
buckle

buckle

A Poem by Jonathan Ballam


tread softly for you tread on my dreams - W.B. Yeats
plodding

plodding

A Poem by Jonathan Ballam


ghosts are only the bones we choose to play with at night
traffic

traffic

A Poem by Jonathan Ballam


jacket is too big and his smile too generous
castle

castle

A Poem by Jonathan Ballam


you may start to learn to focus a pair of jittery eyes on the lonely horizon
the one he buried

the one he buried

A Poem by Jonathan Ballam


this morning he sat on his bed and watched the blister events whirl
plastic

plastic

A Poem by Jonathan Ballam


poem written right after washing the dishes
the nighttime singer

the nighttime singer

A Poem by Jonathan Ballam


those voices sucked up their cold hands
the porcelain telephone

the porcelain telephone

A Poem by Jonathan Ballam


it was Christmas morning...