December Debt
Switchback winds blow argyle rain—momentary diamonds dissipating beyond our grey winter window. We hide the unpaid bills in books—keeping pleasant fiction places with Past…
John Davis Jr.
John Davis Jr. is the author of Middle Class American Proverb (Negative Capability Press, 2014). His work has been published internationally in literary journals and other venues, with recent appearances in Kentucky Review, The Lost Country, and Bridge Eight magazine. He holds an MFA from University of Tampa. Raised in the citrus-growing small Florida town of Wauchula, John Davis Jr. now serves as poet laureate for Winter Haven, Florida, home of Legoland and the famous Chain of Lakes. He teaches creative writing at the Harrison School for the Arts in nearby Lakeland.
Pea-Shelling Pantoum
Raindrops’ procession percussion on porch metal awning matches the cadence of empty soldier-green hulls striking the timpani-tight bottom of No. 2 washtub as our…