Sunday Feature – The Poetry of John Grey

Hello everyone, we are pleased to bring you the poetry of John Grey. I hope you enjoy it.

BIO

John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in New World Writing, North Dakota Quarterly and Lost Pilots. Latest books, ”Between Two Fires”, “Covert” and “Memory Outside The Head” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in California Quarterly, Seventh Quarry, La Presa and Doubly Mad.

MAINE SEAPORT AT NIGHT

The sea is calm and dark.
Tide comes in
like a roll-top desk closing.

On both sides of the pier,
boats bob in place.

The bar is loud,
as rocking and rollicking
as a storm at sea.

The dock smells of fish
which, in a seaport,
is no smell at all.

THE NUMBERS

The numbers!
They do…they do lie.
Take 3 for example.
It wouldn’t know the truth
if it was the remainder
when divided by 7.
So screw you, 31.
And go back where you came from, 19.
If I could only get my hands on 2,
I’d squeeze the thing so hard
it would break up into 5 and 9.
And do 5 plus 9 make 2?
They would
if they could get away with it.

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