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“We Call This Thing Between Us Love” now for sale

jmott — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:18:34 +0000

I am very proud to announce that my first poetry collection, We Call This Thing Between Us Love, is now available for advance ordering from Main Street Rag. The release date is December 13 but it’s available for pre-ordering right now. And, more importantly, pre-ordering saves you money!

The book is $9.00 if purchased in advance and $14.00 after release. ...Read more

Sometimes

jmott — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:03:53 +0000

Sometimes

the sound of rain has become

that assonant murmur of bustling

train stations, and every someone

I have ever failed at loving

stands beneath those vaulted

train station ceilings inside my head,

looking both ways down the rails,

certain that the low, heavy

tremoring of the air is the sound

of my inevitable return.

-from the collection “We Call ...Read more

Blues Man

jmott — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:59:55 +0000

Blues Man

Dark-bodied girl

in the front row,

both eyes closed,

buried in the rhythm

of the way this darkness falls

over your body like wind—

that body that reaches out for me

and all this wordless sexspeak

I pour through the open leaves

of your ears—Sweet Girl,

didn’t your mama ever tell you

men don’t need no words to ...Read more