“The Withering of Adoration” © Jury S. Judge

 

Put Any Noun Before ChangeThe
and It Becomes Climate: a witchy word

A woman is throwing things out her window,
dishes, utensils, food, clothing…
she is having a breakdown,
that much is clear; hearing about it
sets off something in my mind
that keeps it going as talk turns from her
to the political, our worsening climate
and things from our lives get mixed in
with what’s being flung out there;
the window, which framed her action
is gone, and the woman, forgotten
in the ongoing babble-spin

 

Linda Lerner: “I’m a New York City writer in the sense that my poems, no matter the subject, (though many are situated in NY) are rooted in this city I was born in, and whose rhythm my poems pick up. My best work is done when I feel passionately about something or someone. When a subject doesn’t come to mind, I use something from current events to take me there. My last collection is Taking The F train (NYQ books)

Jury S. Judge is an internationally published artist, writer, poet, and cartoonist. Her “Astronomy Comedy” cartoons were published in Lowell Observatory’s publication, The Lowell Observer. She was interviewed on the television news program, “NAZ Today” for her work as a cartoonist. Her artwork has been widely featured in over one hundred and fifty magazines, including the covers of, Blue Mesa Review, Elements Review, Glass Mountain, and Levitate. She has also been interviewed by Streetlight Magazine and The Antonym. The City of Flagstaff selected her art for a public art opportunity where her art was displayed on traffic signal cabinet boxes located at two different intersections. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BFA from the University of Houston-Clear Lake. In addition to art and photography, her passions include hiking and traveling to exciting, new destinations.