Murder-suicide in Oregon.
Five dead in mall roof collapse.
High-rise worker falls from girder.
Crash on 95 kills three.
None of the deceased were poets.
Hurricane batters the Bahamas.
Tidal wave swamps Indonesian island.
No poets among the missing.
No answer to emails or phone calls.
Magazine rejection letter
in the mail.
These would be the stories
if poets were ever news.
John Grey
John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in New World Writing, River And South and Tenth Muse. Latest books, “Subject Matters”,” Between Two Fires” and “Covert” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in Paterson Literary Review, White Wall Review and Cantos.