CABIN FEVER He wakes up hung over though he hasn’t been drinking – unless winter is a hundred proof because he’s already had more than enough of the cold and snow. Outside, a car grinds gears on a road once flat and smooth as a church pew, but now slippery and sleeted, spinning wheels like tops. Day-old coffee is the first of many … Continue reading Poetry by John Grey: Cabin Fever and Eat Away
DRAMA AND ITS QUEEN There is a drama to ordinary everyday events. So what about the rites of passage? The life-changing? It’s hard enough to hold down the tension, the emotion. blood and thunder, in a faulty zipper or an inadvertent sneeze. She’s been battered by weather, uplifted by a correct math answer, immersed herself in the melodrama of choosing a color to go with … Continue reading Poetry by John Grey: Drama and its Queen and A Cross-County Runner Turns 40
UNKIND CUTTING I stripped down to trunks, ran by the barbecue pits, to the end of the dock, stood before the lake, while somewhere behind me, Catherine tried to get my attention, as she wrestled with the grill, unwrapped sausages and hamburgers, while trying to prevent the flight of the table cloth from the picnic table. As her voice rang clear to the forested far … Continue reading Poetry by John Grey: UNKIND CUTTING
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