Rainy Day Woman By Jake St. John

I wash the floors

and wipe down surfaces

dishes dry

in sunlight

that falls splintered

through trees

empties into 

the kitchen

through morning's

open window

the backyard

features puddles

and small patches

of grass

where birds

hop and bathe

trees outline 

the perimeter

the laundry

rolls over on itself

children laugh

in the back room

no one 

comes to visit.

 

Jake St. John lives in the woods on the edge of the Salmon River. He is the author of several collections of poetry including Ring of Fog (Holy and Intoxicated Publications, 2022), Night Full of Diamonds (Whiskey City Press, 2021), and Lost City Highway (A Jabber Publication, 2019). He is the editor of Elephant and is considered an original member of the New London School of poetry. His poems have appeared in print and online journals around the world