JR : Writing

Out By The Garbage Chute

Out By The Garbage Chute

A Poem by JR


I still remember that little place out by the garbage chute, on the thirteenth floor overlooking the city. I was almost always alone out th..
Twister

Twister

A Poem by JR


They said it wouldn’t hit us, swing south by miles so we weren’t startled when the siren spun up I lifted my old bones, hollowing an..
Two Measures

Two Measures

A Poem by JR


Young men love their music, they wrap themselves in it like a blanket, warm chords on guitars and recorders, mandolins and pianos they..
The Body In The Canal

The Body In The Canal

A Poem by JR


They pulled a body from the water, or at least they thought it was a body; When they got it to shore they realized it was a mannequin ..
Everyone Wants Roses

Everyone Wants Roses

A Poem by JR


I want to put my thought down and I want to watch pastel of the sky; But everyone wants gold and vacations and piano recitals and plaqu..
Bits And Bitterness

Bits And Bitterness

A Poem by JR


With a clang and a clash, the cupboards fell open and all the dishes fell from their racks windows rattle in their frame like chains dining r..
Bone of Contention

Bone of Contention

A Poem by JR


“So this is the bone of contention,” she says. She’s winning, t-shirt, both socks, all her underwear, hat, and I’m down to jo..
Dumping Ground

Dumping Ground

A Poem by JR


It was a wasteland, a dumping ground a place where people brought the broken and cast aside the no-longer-needed there, rusted bedsprings fl..
The Button

The Button

A Poem by JR


All this time, I’ve had my finger on the button all this time, I’ve had the power to end everything all this time, I’ve ..
The Pen

The Pen

A Poem by JR


Lead the finger that steadied the page heavy the hand that held the pen resolved the eye that absorbed the last of her whorls and the last of..