Untitled Poems by Jeff Morse

Jeff Morse is a long-time participant in Writers for Recovery. HIs work is strange and mystical, and if I said he was one of my gurus, I wouldn’t be lying. Hope you enjoy these untitled works.

 Untitled 1

A wish fulfilled

The action of

stillness

a chance to laugh

Riding the wave

of light oh heck

I would rather

of given my druthers

As my Mom used to say

be given a green

you can

with respect and guidance

be and in that

being for all the saints’ sake

breathe the love and be the love

Untitled 2

To soar

unintended

pre emptied

post pardoned

priest lathe starred

fate faith fissure

wrath of none aboard

strangers welcome

of course

Untitled 3

Just a pinch of ice for the coming

of the clown who,

when pressed, admitted

that his happy face

was sad and his sad

face was bad, that has

been obvious since he was

a child killing ants

in the backyard with a

mirror and the sun

Untitled 4

It is the

breathless and full

everything

Nothing even is

quite active

neurons atoms n such

why even that state is

full in its expressionless

honesty no just step

away from the ledge

and it will be FINE

Untitled 5

The wish

may get you

there fuming

raising a fuss

conjuring up a drama

ghost shape shifting

your way across the

damp dusk

skirting the fetid

air freshening in the

beat of your

steady wings