About Richard Jones
1953 - /AmericanRichard Jones is the author of several books of poems, including Country of Air, At Last We Enter Paradise, and A Perfect Time. His book, The Blessing: New and Selected Poems, received the Midland Authors Award for Poetry for 2000. His most recent “public
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Poetry & Stories
Why do poets write?
My wife, a psychiatrist, sleepsthrough my reading and writing in bed,
The Spoon
Some days I think I need nothingmore in life than a spoon.
Sacrifices
All winter the fire devoured everything --tear-stained elegies, old letters, diaries, dead flowers.
Cherries in the Snow
My mother never appeared in publicwithout lipstick. If we were going out,
The Diner
The short-order cook and the dishwasherargue the relative merits
About Richard Jones
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Who is Richard Jones?
1953 - /AmericanRichard Jones is the author of several books of poems, including Country of Air, At Last We Enter Paradise, and A Perfect Time. His book, The Blessing: New and Selected Poems, received the Midland Authors Award for Poetry for 2000.
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Kavishala has 13 poems and stories by Richard Jones, free to read on this page, along with selected quotes you can share.
Poems & Stories by Richard Jones
Why do poets write?
My wife, a psychiatrist, sleepsthrough my reading and writing in bed,
The Spoon
Some days I think I need nothingmore in life than a spoon.
Sacrifices
All winter the fire devoured everything --tear-stained elegies, old letters, diaries, dead flowers.
Cherries in the Snow
My mother never appeared in publicwithout lipstick. If we were going out,
The Diner
The short-order cook and the dishwasherargue the relative merits
Rest Stop
It’s so late I could cut my lightsand drive the next fifty miles
The Road
I, too, would ease my old car to a stopon the side of some country road
What Do You Do About Dry Periods In Your Writing?
When the writing is going well,I am a prince in a desert palace,
How Did You Meet Your Wife?
Swimming the English Channel,struggling to make it to Calais,
Sky Funeral?
In a revered Tibetan tradition,I read aloud to my father,
The Altar
Before taking out a clean sheet of paper,I hold before the blue of the window
Letter Of Recommendation From My Father To My Future Wife
During the war, I was in China.Every night we blew the world to hell.
Selected Quotes by Richard Jones (चुनिंदा उद्धरण)
During the war, I was in China.Every night we blew the world to hell.
Swimming the English Channel,struggling to make it to Calais,
My mother never appeared in publicwithout lipstick. If we were going out,
It’s so late I could cut my lightsand drive the next fifty miles
When the writing is going well,I am a prince in a desert palace,
Some days I think I need nothingmore in life than a spoon.
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