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.