JR : Writing

Once

Once

A Poem by JR


Once I waited and watched while the rising sun fleshed the edges of your sleeping shoulders Once I was left wrecked, listening to tort..
Last Time

Last Time

A Poem by JR


Last time things didn’t go so well last time you shot me down last time I broke my bones on the kitchen floor last time I considered ja..
Hunting Ab

Hunting Ab

A Poem by JR


Each time it’s a risk when I let those waters close in over me every time I rise again, I can’t believe how far down I went carry m..
The Gardener

The Gardener

A Poem by JR


Has the process already begun? thin gray vines, working their way into my house through the plumbing they push thicker and insistent throu..
Tidal

Tidal

A Poem by JR


Your pull on me is tidal all my blood yearns towards you you set and rise within my head you are out there, just beyond the stars turning ..
Meditation With John

Meditation With John

A Poem by JR


Breathe into the desert, alone wrapped in the scratch of horsehair make feast of honey and crickets out here the stars howl and moan out h..
Nihilist

Nihilist

A Poem by JR


She holds her cigarette like a counter-point smoke makes complex glyphs as her knuckles jitter she rarely makes eye contact, I’m caught..
Leaf Gathering

Leaf Gathering

A Poem by JR


Children are raking leaves into big piles muscles are sore, they’ve been working since morning sweat gathers between fleece and flesh t..
Wager

Wager

A Poem by JR


I’ll bet her blond hair looked just like yours I’ll bet she had a hitch in her laugh I’ll bet she carved worry lines, twin ..
Incubus

Incubus

A Poem by JR


He wants her to absorb him, completely like cotton takes blood into itself he makes sure he’s there at the edge of her mirror the buzz ..