Author: John Grey

John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident. Recently published in Schuylkill Valley Journal, Stillwater Review and Big Muddy Review with work upcoming in Louisiana Review, Columbia Review and Spoon River Poetry Review.

Wallflowers Get Together

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Wallflowers Get Together

The other guy had more tanks, more rifles.
And every flex of his muscle, cock of his head

The One Who Remembers

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The One Who Remembers

She’s the last one alive who remembers. Her hair is grey and shining. And her skin is barely wrinkled, a rose-pink that’s also petal-soft.

On Her Last Night

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On Her Last Night

A deathbed elegy.

Life in the Northern Woods

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Life in the Northern Woods

From out of winter forest,
bearded men, in heavy coats and boots…

We Swamp Creatures

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We Swamp Creatures

The joys, or otherwise, of the swamp.

Poem To The Unconvinced

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Poem To The Unconvinced

Poem about truth and lies and how they beg to differ.

The New Highway Bypasses Centerville

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The New Highway Bypasses Centerville

Small towns lose contact with the highway.

Different Chills

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Different Chills

A winter poem

Radiation

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Radiation

A poem on radiation treatments

My Father Leaves For Alaska

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My Father Leaves For Alaska

The chill of the sudden parental departure.

In A Land Where You Are Not Loved

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In A Land Where You Are Not Loved

America in the Middle East

The Cleaning Lady

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The Cleaning Lady

A poem about life on hands and knees

Minefield

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Minefield

The world revolves,
sun casts the fields pink and yellow.

The Landowner

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The Landowner

A poem about the outdoors

Country Blues

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Country Blues

City boy in the country

Baja Days And Nights

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Baja Days And Nights

Life on the Baja peninsular

Taking On The Dictator’s Statue

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Taking On The Dictator’s Statue

Somberly he stepped forward, wobbly knees, swaying arms, a high bald head as if his ears had crawled down […]