JR : Writing

Useless Dead

Useless Dead

A Poem by JR


These dead fruit just hang there Useless limp on the branch Wilted and withered they Hang lower every year The branch straight and arrowe..
Bitterness

Bitterness

A Poem by JR


The man blew in like sinlike a leaf teased by the windshe was almost asleep, againthe man skittered in likeshoe leather scrapes a streetlike summer co..
Oh The Flowers

Oh The Flowers

A Poem by JR


Oh the flowers, they are going and where will I be when they are gone they powder beneath the weight of my hungry fingers vanish with ..
Those Dumb B*****s

Those Dumb B*****s

A Poem by JR


Those dumb b*****s just don’t understand what the weight of a gun means to the hand of a man; Guess we’ll find out pr..
To The Water

To The Water

A Poem by JR


The other day out on the lake a vulture swooped out over us hiswings spread wide like a crucifixetched over the sun and I thoughtJesus what would it b..
Yesterday

Yesterday

A Poem by JR


Yesterday crazy sunburned and a little fatigued, I did not walk, did not think no art or words I did not drink no calls no texts..
Grocery Schedule

Grocery Schedule

A Poem by JR


Grocery schedule set by whiskey consumption and the dissolution of coffee, the cough my worry, the bread gets thinner and full of hol..
Brutal

Brutal

A Poem by JR


A man is expected to be brutal towards memory, take them into a fist like a thread beneath long fingers and squeeze as they thrash and str..
Learning To Drink

Learning To Drink

A Poem by JR


My son said relationshipscauseStockholm Syndromeand he’s proudof mefor escaping my captor but I told him it’s more like learning to ..
Street

Street

A Poem by JR


She said she was street like I wouldn’t know what that means she said she’d learned all the passwords the codes, the head nods, ..