05/06/2017

A house is premised on
the hopefulness of doorways.
Mushroom spores lie dormant,
thunderless, in nearby loam.

BIO:

Michael Jones has taught since 1990 in Oakland (CA) public schools. His work has appeared in Atlanta Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Confrontation, etc., and in a chapbook, Moved (Kattywompus, 2016).
MORE POEMS:

07/13/2011
'Lament of the Greek', Jeanne Marie Beaumont


01/24/2010
'untitled', Kimiko Hahn


08/17/2011
'Coliseum', Aaron Anstett