The Storm by John Drudge

By the grave

I saw the storm

Unbroken

And saw the steep ill luck

Of my generation

Destroyed

Left wakeless

And recondite

By a muddled relevance

Pulsing

Like a dying universe

As I mourned 

On the edge

Of a wind bound sea

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.