Wildfire AfternoonA Poem We play Animal Crossing until noon, and then Swim in the apartment complex pool With the tiny bodies of flies, bees, and moths as Company, pray tell what ambitions should one have in a pandemic, What poems should a poet write, What odes to nature when nature is on fire? What ode to humanity When humanityContinue reading “Wildfire Afternoon”
Category Archives: 2020
Animal Crossing
Animal CrossingA 2020 American Haiku Series I plant flowersCatch bugs and run Around my own island Nothing is on fireNo one has a virus Everyone is friendly Escape into Animal Crossing Is a 2020 mood If only we could give giftsEat fruit and sell weeds and branchesIn real life The night comes I talk to a ghost The goals are rewardingContinue reading “Animal Crossing”
Sinkhole
And it would seem that even with things happening that we can explain/ nothing is really changing/ Vegas is sinking into the earth because it is not sustainable, Vegas actually should and could sink into the earth that is fine by me, and / I am sure much of this world might be all theContinue reading “Sinkhole”
COVID Party USA
America is one big Covid PartyOutside my window, down below A baby shower is taking place Tables and tables of people, a DJ, catering Not a mask in sight, I sigh and pull down the shadeAmerica is hopped up on COVID now, like anything Else, we are easily addicted, easily fooled, peopleKeep thinking kids need theirContinue reading “COVID Party USA”
Hope
In the checkout line the woman behind me asks if I had seen any hand sanitizer or cleaning wipes, I said no I had not, my cart full of some basics, not a haul, not a stash, not a hoard, just spinach, mushrooms, bread and butter, some eggs, some milk not enough to get anyoneContinue reading “Hope”
Jenny Justice 