Jon Mahaffie : Writing

ACTinG

ACTinG

A Poem by Jon Mahaffie


we hoard proudly our double helix≠ word/meaning ≠ sentence collections,placed, buttressed, burnished,friend of a friend oral storytelling displa..
The Ghost of Capitol Hill

The Ghost of Capitol Hill

A Poem by Jon Mahaffie


I first saw him shamble upBroadway and Dennywith the limp of a manwho limps for a living.Pedestrians pretended nottonotice his boomerangslouchand flow..
Blanched

Blanched

A Poem by Jon Mahaffie


Stray light misted our bellies.We collected stains from mountainsand valleys, wore corridors of colorand lines, straight hips and bodiesstomping groov..
Chris McCandless

Chris McCandless

A Poem by Jon Mahaffie


Orphaned seedlings ungrowin the wax paper daylight,fighting their gauntevergreens fathers .for a figment of sunChris McCandless, too, crackedearly fro..
Resistance

Resistance

A Poem by Jon Mahaffie


Fingers rub-bumpon the glossof strawberries,fresh as grass-stains;Bikinis, doffed in adripping slop andwrapped wet to a chairare porous and stretch;Fi..
The Last Work

The Last Work

A Poem by Jon Mahaffie


I found the fossils, I found the work sites,I found the dead ends and sinking bones,I found the last work done in UtahIn the windpipe of the desert.Th..
Patterns of Obscenity

Patterns of Obscenity

A Poem by Jon Mahaffie


just standing there the boy at the mirror redfisted and gulping air at the sink, a running start to sling a sunburst of red words ..
The Time is Now

The Time is Now

A Poem by Jon Mahaffie


Salt Lake City is a showWith a chain link curtainOn the upslope of father's leg,Socked inmountains.The mountains are a heapOf scoliosis spines eaten b..
Chromosomes of Some Chrome

Chromosomes of Some Chrome

A Poem by Jon Mahaffie


like wrought iron and wine,our blood is divineas a brittle lyre and vinethat twist/unwind like a kindof fish on the beachspending the last of his time..
Seattle

Seattle

A Poem by Jon Mahaffie


Brooding in its piney mountain jacket, Covered in dewdrop spells that last like a blink, It sits straddling a branch of land, Bowlegged and o..

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