Jake St. John – oddball magazine

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Poem by Jake St. John

Photography by Luis Lázaro Tijerina.

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Three Poems by Jake St. John

Photography by TJ Edson.

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Slow Drag I sit in eternity on this river an early spring sun struggles through clouds ferry boats sail towards open sea with my thoughts of yesterday in tow and these morning musings travel not too far to the north where the hills rise over my childhood as my grandfather worked the fields until […]

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Poem by Jake St. John

The Distance For Joe Gouveia When you’re born they turn you loose into the ring no experience just a punchers chance and a good chin swinging and jabbing and always taking two punches just to land one but it’s a good one for sure and if you can stand the onslaught sooner or later […]

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A Poem for Joe Gouveia by Jake St. John

For Joe Gouveia The news began with a soft rumble the kind a Harley makes when it’s hidden by the horizon and out of view soon memories of the poet revved full throttle and roared down the highway leaving everything behind as his poems twisted in the wind We’ll Miss You Joe.

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Oddball Magazine’s Parade of Poets Poem by Jake St. John

Old Highway Blues On days like this when the remaining patches of snow melt and the green grass begins to pop through and only seems green because we haven’t seen it for a few weeks and birds sing songs in the still leafless trees and a false spring begins to climb out of the sea […]