Poetry: Selections From John Yamrus

ya gotta love it...
 
i was 
rejected 
this morning 
by a magazine about 
The Beats and Beat Life.  
 
it was 
a nice enough rejection...
 
even kind.  
 
but,
what they said was: 
my poems weren’t a good fit.  
 
think 
about it: 
 
in a 
magazine 
about The Beats, 
my poems didn’t conform...
 
not 
to their rules 
 
and not 
to their style. 
 
if you ask me, 
old Jack would have 
poured himself a shot and smiled.



she
 
came 
from nowhere 
 
and 
went back 
to the same place.  
 
in between, 
there was that one summer...
 
the one 
he hoped would never end.



he loved
 
spending 
time with her...
 
especially 
when she’d decide 
to shut up for a minute.  
 
he 
didn’t know 
what he liked more...
 
her or the silence.
 
“you’re lucky”, she said.  
 
he 
rolled 
on his side 
and said half 
to the pillow and half to the wall:
 
“luck’s nothing to be proud of.”
 
it was 
one of those days 
when the wind seemed to be talking 
 
and 
the sun 
hid behind a cloud.





John Yamrus has been a working writer for over 50 years, publishing 35 books, including 29 poetry collections, 2 novels, and 3 volumes of non-fiction. His work has appeared in nearly 3,000 magazines and anthologies worldwide. Recently, The Street and Present Tense were released by Anxiety Press.
 
 

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