Jon Mahaffie : Writing

Minute Canoes

Minute Canoes

A Poem by Jon Mahaffie


The square rootsof autumndivideby definitionand slow untilcrescent arcsof descent cradleeach leaf intoa grass grave,baked browninto minute canoes,wait..
Heartwood

Heartwood

A Poem by Jon Mahaffie


As conifers crouched low in the field,Like white tailedhaunches scared and still,Spikingthe brush with mottled brights,You stood with them. You were l..
Bamboo

Bamboo

A Poem by Jon Mahaffie


This thatch of javelinswith twenty-waisted torsoes,is jade gossip grown inminutes, vintages by inch,tribal banded in crosscut sun.Warbelted and straig..
Gash of Flights

Gash of Flights

A Poem by Jon Mahaffie


a gash collapses peace in the gunsmoke fogof internationally thin borders,as pirates, fulcrums on winghit their crest of up arcs,and break in bursts a..
Shell on Shells

Shell on Shells

A Poem by Jon Mahaffie


sitting at his oak deskclacking a pen caphe auditions a new thoughthis players aresunk costs, the upstart,and the unexaminedthe -daddy why don't yous-..
Assembly Whine

Assembly Whine

A Poem by Jon Mahaffie


sOcket sOcket sOcketbolT bolTWashers twOany hole welcomes a thread down the lengthto bind concatenationsevery page gluedin razor-width tothe spine|NOT..
Crowblack Cyberspeed

Crowblack Cyberspeed

A Poem by Jon Mahaffie


Dead parking lots guidelines hinting at previous purpose roadcrack gardens emerging in snakes and splice and stars of asphalt that sit like rolodexe..
Summer Itch

Summer Itch

A Poem by Jon Mahaffie


Prone as it was to simply sail across, it scraped our eyes skyward, And shook our damp lids to life. This golden, old pirate coin Simmered..
Epic Nothing

Epic Nothing

A Poem by Jon Mahaffie


Syllables are long and fragile, with a weight And surface slightly larger than a human hand. These inviolate bites can walk down a hip and rich ..
Gears

Gears

A Poem by Jon Mahaffie


The chalkboard, either black or green Was never really specified. We watched a greek column With saggy sleeves, A dusty speakerbox machi..