Poems On Medium

Standing in Sentō

A very short, haiku-inspired work.

Unbecoming

A Poem

I want to push this unbecoming
To the limit — 
that it crushes my soul
Where everything breaks

Remember Me, I Go.

—

I

Noon Watch

A poem by John Barr

I stare down into waterburn.
This urge to enter what we see.
Unrefracted tropical sun
with…

Keep Trying

The Brightest Name

To my goddaughter,

I know your difficulties
And because you can
Laugh and smile
Through it all,
That…

What We Found That Night

we saw
the moon sailing archipelagos of cloud
a

Farewell, year.

bare branches bloom with raindrops
(shining and pouched with the whole world)

Dispatches From Roslin

I

Sometimes the world is smashed
like shattered glass, desire entangled
in instinct and…

Run, Run

You see it now. Get distance.
There is no direction but away
and away, run until scree gives way
to a sharpness of air so brittle
that light…