Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Poem In A Winter Storm. By Jake St. John



The highway
iced over
with a thousand 
years
of sadness

the moon 
avoids
my stare

my heart
a deer
in headlights

coyotes
crouched
on the edge
of night

ready to pick
my bones
once again.



  



Jake St. John is the author of several collections of poetry including Snow Moon (Holy & Intoxicated Publications, 2019, Lost City Highway (A Jabber Publication, 2019)and Working Man’s Odyssey (Analog Submission Press, 2018).  His poems have appeared in print and online journals around the world.

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