JR : Writing

Careful

Careful

A Poem by JR


“You don’t care about nothing,” you said still looking for your underwear I see it, I see it there on the floor, at the ..
Growler

Growler

A Poem by JR


“It was kinda like I became a bird, one of them big ones, but powerful, an eagle or somethin’,” he said, settling himself on the c..
Spit

Spit

A Poem by JR


It’s my soul you swallowed, Valentina not the skin of my lips nor the flesh of my tongue not the stone of my insistent thrust nor my..
Pacific and Sacramento 6:43 A.M.

Pacific and Sacramento 6:43 A.M.

A Poem by JR


Oh my boy, you say the devil is trickyyou say he directs my wandering eyeand twists the good of my mindyou say he makes straight ether andcoughs up ch..
Isadora

Isadora

A Poem by JR


You were once wild here, don't let them tame you - I.D.Isadora, you wore your scarves longer every year you danced beautifully, you took many lover..
Silver Dress

Silver Dress

A Poem by JR


I’ve written about all the others at least once, but never you, and I don’t know why we were like magnets at the start, the ..
The Horses

The Horses

A Poem by JR


I wasn’t usually the gambling type so I was surprised when she dragged me down there I placed twenty bucks on the one with the sexiest ..
Corner Pocket

Corner Pocket

A Poem by JR


I spend every morning with you even though you’re never here yesterday I caught a whiff of laundry and it reminded me so much of the..
In Memoriam

In Memoriam

A Poem by JR


Oh we show up, always do in our very best black clutching each other and sobbing into our sleeves, we will fold the paper carefully in ou..
Glamour

Glamour

A Poem by JR


The glamour of night has passed over but while in its grace I held this gifted glass by its thin stem, my fingers under the beautiful blossom..