John is a social worker working in the field of disability management and holds degrees in social work, rehabilitation services, and psychology.  He is the author of four books of poetry: “March” (2019), “The Seasons of Us” (2019), New Days (2020), and Fragments (2021). His work has appeared widely in numerous literary journals, magazines, and anthologies internationally. John is also a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee and lives in Caledon Ontario, Canada with his wife and two children.

Circular Space

Blazing stars
Across a summer sky
With death 
Always near by
Jacks of all trades
No discrimination 
Just meat on a rock
Around a star
Dying together
In circular space

Final Moments

The fear 
Of every tomorrow
The weight of terror
In the crumbling sun
The things that pull 
At the wearing string
Unravelling it all
From the inside 
The impotence of dying need
And the winding down
Of love 
As the sun sets
In the crisp autumn
On a final moment’s 
Slow demise

Homeward

Like a painted bunting
Singing sweetly
Under a quickening moon
Against a north wind
Blowing toward home
Over steel rails
Through nickel towns
As the snow falls
Over soft voices
Crisp and clear
In the sharp
Winter light