Anthony J : Writing

A beautiful view from the roof of my mouth

A beautiful view from the roof of my mouth

A Poem by Anthony J


I thought you were a parachute. Now instead the trees are pillows. Last May I dipped in pitch and lit my heart in slapdash effigy of the ..
Things to do

Things to do

A Poem by Anthony J


Nobody knows what they are doing, we are all dying. Break one glass item per week to celebrate your impermanence. Join a religion, the..
Starfish

Starfish

A Poem by Anthony J


“I think I might be depressed” is not the best way to kick off a drunk text. But in my defense, my cell phone was meltin..
Confession Poem

Confession Poem

A Poem by Anthony J


something that's been eating away at me for years.
One Last Poem

One Last Poem

A Poem by Anthony J


(to Frank O'hara)
For Yia Yia

For Yia Yia

A Poem by Anthony J


Let’s you and I soon scheduleA day-trip up that scraggly hillTo where the fog falls like cinder blocks,And every beautiful thing hangspast the h..
When we played in traffic

When we played in traffic

A Poem by Anthony J


Altogether too carelessly we were playing in the traffic of each other’s smiles. Only yesterday our gallivanting answered to a ..
Sunset of Dripping Candlewax

Sunset of Dripping Candlewax

A Poem by Anthony J


Sunshine fugitive runs away,melts old bay to purple shivers,fire alarms, horns of drunk conversationblare behind thin surfaces.We'll make time for tim..
For a Homeless Man's Mother (who is gone but not forgotten.)

For a Homeless Man's Mother (who is gone but not f..

A Poem by Anthony J


thank you for telling us your story.
we were cosmonauts, exploring inner space

we were cosmonauts, exploring inner space

A Poem by Anthony J


On the fire escape in slanted night, we watched San Francisco and you told me I was scattered out there under the lights.Under each streetlamp there w..