jeremy rich

Hailstorm Preceding the Tornado That Destroyed my Home


cicadas darning socks on antique sewing machines
rattling in the night.
spilled bag of marbles in a bathtub.
typewriter echoes whispered within mausoleum walls
radio static turned to roaring waterfall whitewash
shaken piggy bank
emptied.


Jeremy Rich has published several poems in various print and online journals like Watershed, Take Back The Night, Chantarelle’s Notebook, Ceremony, Thick with Conviction, Speedpoets, Poetic Hours, and others. He is currently an 8th grade Language Arts teacher in Colorado, but was a long time chef in California.