Leftovers by John Drudge

Along the streets

And in the bars

Where we reach speeds

Beyond responsibility

Expressing something

On the frontier 

Of pain

Through the majesty

Of grief

Across the yellow shades

Of our secrets

Looking up

To the purity

Of a new blue sky

And searching for the bones

Of God

In the clouds 

John is a social worker working in the field of disability management and holds degrees in social work, rehabilitation services, and psychology.  He is the author of four books of poetry: “March” (2019), “The Seasons of Us” (2019), New Days (2020), and Fragments (2021). His work has appeared widely in numerous literary journals, magazines, and anthologies internationally. John is also a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee and lives in Caledon Ontario, Canada with his wife and two children.