Sometimes By Jake St. John

On days when 

an unprompted 

sadness 

creeps in 

right after 

a morning dream 

sneaks away 

like a one night stand

you're left laying there 

wrapped in sorrow 

and you look

out the window

and realize 

it's raining 

and you take that 

as a sign 

whatever that means.

   

Jake St. John lives in the woods on the edge of the Salmon River. He is the author of several collections of poetry including Lips Leave Scars (with Jenn Knickerbocker, Whiskey City Press, 2023) 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."