JR : Writing

Lilac and Cherries

Lilac and Cherries

A Poem by JR


I’d followed you around all evening it was that kind of party, I think you may have gauged my interest while we discussed Roman mil..
Daffodil

Daffodil

A Poem by JR


You know I always return home to you we never argue when I say Josh Ritter writes the best love songs you wait while I fill my wine you w..
Impostor

Impostor

A Poem by JR


She said “you’re always running,” while getting ready to ankle herself and I say baby, baby, it ain’t that at all ..
Leigh

Leigh

A Poem by JR


I know you’re sitting out there tonight in the city with a heaviness in your lungs you’re coughing up your misery in the smog ..
Salt City Blues

Salt City Blues

A Poem by JR


The city, like my old lover once she held me close along the curve of her streets so much like hips I could run my tires against. Now ..
Arsonist

Arsonist

A Poem by JR


When I was young my town had an arsonist, a barnburner, specifically. he only did the old ones, the historic ones that had been standing sent..
A Poem

A Poem

A Poem by JR


I’m still writing about resolving the death of something that already died I’m still holding something of myself inside where I k..
Heater

Heater

A Poem by JR


When the heater turns to hum I worry I’ve become hard of hearing when the heater hums my human head is just a head again when the he..
Chilled The F*ck Out

Chilled The F*ck Out

A Poem by JR


Every time I’ve knocked myself down I’ve gotten back up again but while my back is to the floor and my mind is torn and gray I..
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..