The Wonderful Poetry of John Grey

Dear Readers,

Literary Revelations brings you the wonderful poetry of John Grey.

Bio

John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in New World Writing, North Dakota Quarterly and Tenth Muse. Latest books, ”Between Two Fires”, “Covert” and “Memory Outside The Head” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Birmingham Arts Journal, La Presa and Shot Glass Journal.

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A BOWING MAN

I bow to the woman
who raised me.

I bow to the house
I grew up in,
my friends, my companions,
and the school
that taught me
half of what I know,
the books that
took care of the rest.

I bow to the sports
I played,
the first girls
who smiled at me,
the scars I earned
doing the things
I dared to.

I bow so much
my hands touch the ground.
I look like an arc.
But I prefer to think
I’m a bridge.

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LIVING TOGETHER

It doesn’t look like drama
because it happens on a daily basis,
but examine the evidence –
one man, one woman,
living in such proximity,
their breaths knock against each other,
their sweat converges.

The running conversation is mostly small talk.
But there’s always a subtext –
what are they doing here?
why are they together?

It happens in a house, not a stage.
Few of the scenes are particularly memorable.
And the acts, sometimes, can seem interminable.
But close company is conflict in human form.
And familiarity is another name for tension.

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