Author Archives

Writings. Often within the intersection between fiction and non-fiction.

• The Attack

  By Jonathan Giles on February 1, 1974 • ( 0 )

  He struck Like a machine gun Splattering the plates Across the floor.   She sits wounded At the table Of a bloody Battlefield.

• Inadequacy Too

  By Jonathan Giles on January 15, 1974 • ( 0 )

  I wish I knew why I  think you are so beau- tiful? I do. When I’m with you that pow- er you  attract me to in you, into me it flows, soo- thing, yet confu- sing me all through. As… Read More ›

• Arguments

  By Jonathan Giles on January 7, 1974 • ( 0 )

  There was a moment When I was three feet away When a buddy-check Would have saved the day

• In the Spring

  By Jonathan Giles on January 1, 1974 • ( 0 )

  I thought we were two through summer, though fall I felt your sting. I tried revival  all winter, but I couldn’t survive a thing, and just when I  thought blossoms arrived, the skies cried this spring.    

• Living Poem

  By Jonathan Giles on January 1, 1973 • ( 0 )

  I don’t live in the East I don’t live in the West I live in my head And it suits me best

• Tired Old Black Lady

  By Jonathan Giles on January 1, 1973 • ( 0 )

  Tired old black lady Walking down the street Moving kind of slow  On her tired old, long- Suffering black feet.   Tired old black lady Five children mother Black purse in one hand Tiny wife handkerchief In her other.  … Read More ›