j.lewis

j.lewis

j.lewis is a late bloomer whose first book of poetry a clear day in october was published when he was 64 years old. He works as a Psych Nurse Practitioner in a jail, which provides no end of entertainment and poetry prompts. In addition to having two full length collections and a chapbook published, he is now the Editor of Verse-Virtual, an online poetry community and journal. j.lewis recommends RAICES.

she half-listens to me telling
how the numbers here and there
are rising, always rising
and i can see that she's
tuned me out, tuned out the math

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or "aryan", or "norwegian". the ideal
of blond hair, blue eyes as wrapper
for a superior type of person
you know, the stable genius sort

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by right a rite of passage
should be entered into
by one who has prepared
who understands the gravity
commitment and opportunity

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