John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident. Recently published in the Columbia Review, Studio One, and Tau, with work upcoming in Examined Life Journal, 434 more words
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Three Poems by John Grey
THE FIRST OF NINE LIVES
Today, any day, we would rather be dead.
No one can answer the question –
“What’s living anyhow?”
The world’s response is this place… 249 more words
Enough
By John Grey
Enough is enough. It’s also a strip mall
where the woods used to be. And
a housing estate that doesn’t know from… 229 more words
My Health
By John Grey
It’s all screwed up,
that’s what I know.
Working more hours for less pay.
College degree and flipping burgers –
that’s combo number 5. 417 more words
The Class
By John Grey
Large and small, dumb and smart,
emphatic strides, indifferent straggle –
the classroom fills.
Some heads stare eagerly at the blackboard,
others twist, bob, whisper. 97 more words
SNAKE CHARMER
A Poem by John Grey
Have to wonder how I ever took pleasure before this.
A cobra rising from a basket to the tune of a charmer’s flute. 37 more words
I MEET YOUR MOTHER FOR THE FIRST TIME
A Poem by John Grey
She is in exile here.
your mother, the gray-haired female Napoleon,
bestriding this St Helena of a kitchen.
We find her on a rock… 70 more words
