JR : Writing

Ellie

Ellie

A Poem by JR


Ellie, you deserved better than that lying on your side in the street your water spilling like wine into the concrete an exponential amount, ..
Drizzle

Drizzle

A Poem by JR


Single drop can bend a petal, single drip can weight a leaf final limit, fibrous fingers tear and off, off into the ..
Hand In The Jar

Hand In The Jar

A Poem by JR


How do you choose what you show?it isn’t an idle question;I’d like to knowyour algorithmyour chits and dashes,checkpoints and hashesall co..
Third Rib

Third Rib

A Poem by JR


She says, you have a light touch and I guess she’s right, maybe too light I always admire the feel to a feather opposed to the rough of..
Porch Light

Porch Light

A Poem by JR


I hope she leaves the porch light on as I stumble through the briars which catch on my clothing and tug and me try and get me to stumble in t..
Cocky

Cocky

A Poem by JR


Little box elder bug, watching him working his way down the tile near the shower while I’m sitting here on the toilet I wonder if it&rs..
Bluebird

Bluebird

A Poem by JR


Every morning I remember that little bluebird who came through my door perched in my bedroom and whistled me her wisdom; Her touch, the we..
Meaty Bone

Meaty Bone

A Poem by JR


Someone once said that jealousy is a meaty bone something taken from our own ribs something that hurts with every grind of the jaw by ..
Main Street Solipsism

Main Street Solipsism

A Poem by JR


Like a fixture, or a stamp there every night in your usual posture fingers gripping the beer just right white pharmaceutical teeth in mute ..
From The Top

From The Top

A Poem by JR


Write me a happy poem, she says but I’ve already written about whiskey and the amber woman who touched my flesh to leave her bruise; ..