A Poet’s Pledge. Jake St. John

I pledge allegiance
to the soil
on which I stand

no nations
under the sun
indivisible

with trees
and mountains
for all.

 -Jake St. John

Jake St. John writes out of New London, CT and is the author of several collections of poetry and pamphlet poems including, In All The Cities, The Same Faces (CWP Collective, 2017) and Rotations (Night Ballet Press 2015).  His work has appeared in numerous literary and arts magazines such as, The Blue Collar Review, BURP, Big Hammer, and The People’s Tribune. Since 2007 he has served as the editor of Elephant and co-editor of Flying Fish.