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:

08/21/2013
'Why did you wear yellow hands?', Eszter Takacs


10/09/2009
'Scribbles in the Dark', Charles Simic


09/15/2010
'Insomnia is Lonely', Jill Alexander Essbaum