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Rules of the Fast

Rules of the Fast

10. All veggies.

11. Buncha stir-fry.

12. Lotta salads.

13. Whole lotta mushrooms.

14. Mad carrots.

15. Zucchini like you mean it.

PoetryJonathan BrownMay 12, 2020fast, health, poetry, poem, Jonathan Brown, New Orleans, carrots, beans, rice, gluten freeComment

Know Your Worth

Know Your Worth

You’re a world renowned concert violinist

playing a Stradivarius in the metro station

and nobody gives a shit.

PoetryJonathan BrownApril 17, 2020Stradivarius, Poetry, Poem, Creative Writing, Jonathan Brown, New OrleansComment

Stressed Out and Stretched Out: A Stuck Inside Poem, Day 26

Stressed Out and Stretched Out: A Stuck Inside Poem, Day 26

That’s all any of us can really offer.

A hand that’s outstretched.

It’s also the one thing we cannot accept.

You don’t know who’s been coughing.

PoetryJonathan BrownApril 13, 2020Poetry, New Orleans, Jonathan Brown, Stuck inside PoemComment

Cold Ass Jams for Introverts and Other Turtles: A Stuck Inside Poem, Day 25

Cold Ass Jams for Introverts and Other Turtles: A Stuck Inside Poem, Day 25

How about a live stream of a dude reading?

Not reading aloud. Just reading.

It would be the jam for introverts.

PoetryJonathan BrownApril 12, 2020Poetry, Creative Writing, New OrleansComment

Killswitch Afternoon

Killswitch Afternoon

Well, I hacked into the fridge

and stole the chips and hummus.

And I guess it runs in the family

because my dog just ate my cat’s food

PoetryJonathan BrownApril 10, 2020Poetry, Killswitch, New Orleans, Creative WritingComment

If a Tree Falls in the Forced in Two Parts: A Stuck Inside Poem, Day 21

If a Tree Falls in the Forced in Two Parts: A Stuck Inside Poem, Day 21

I was told slow and steady wins the race,

but I don’t take sex advice from animals

who never leave their homes.

What does a turtle know about purple explosions?

PoetryJonathan BrownApril 7, 2020Poetry, If a Tree Falls, New Orleans, Jonathan Brown, Creative Writing, BlogComment

1:04 AM, New Orleans: A Stuck Inside Poem. Day 19

1:04 AM, New Orleans: A Stuck Inside Poem. Day 19

I felt like the 911 operator

felt a type of way

because I didn’t want to give her my name.

Like I was keeping something from her.

PoetryJonathan BrownApril 5, 2020New Orleans, Poetry, Stuck inside Poem, Creative Writing, Jonathan Brown, CoronavirusComment

We Jazz June. We.

We Jazz June. We.

We are extras lost in the crowd

of Apocalypse Now.

No quirky crime drama starring Fauci

as the virus investigator.

One of my heroes died yesterday

in real life.

The line between murder

and negligence has never been

so thin.

PoetryJonathan BrownApril 4, 2020Poetry, We Real Cool., GWENDOLYN BROOKS, Jonathan Brown, New Orleans, Coronavirus, Creative WritingComment

Thoughts on The Artist Way’s Morning Pages

Thoughts on The Artist Way’s Morning Pages

I often rummage through old journals

like I’m on an Easter egg hunt.

They’re not called found poems for nothing.

You gotta look for them.

PoetryJonathan BrownApril 2, 2020Artists Way, Morning Pages, Poem, Poetry, Jonathan Brown, Creative Writing, New Orleans, Julia CameronComment

Jelly, It’s Supposed to be Jelly: A Stuck Inside Poem, Day 14

Jelly, It’s Supposed to be Jelly: A Stuck Inside Poem, Day 14

Just as soon as I thought things were looking up,

somebody retweeted a pic of a refrigerator truck

outside of the ICU. Now, I can’t unsee it.

PoetryJonathan BrownMarch 31, 2020New Orleans, Poetry, Jonathan Brown, Stuck inside Poem, Coronavirus, Creative WritingComment

Airbnb Blues: A Stuck Inside Poem, Day 13

Airbnb Blues: A Stuck Inside Poem, Day 13

I saw on the news

that airbnb hosts are feeling

their gaggle of golden geese

is really an old crow

with a broken wing

straggling behind the murder

and y’all,

I had to clutch

PoetryJonathan BrownMarch 30, 2020New Orleans, Poetry, Airbnb, Creative Writing, Coronavirus, Late Stage Capitalism Comment

Survivor's Guilt on 1000

Survivor's Guilt on 1000

Are you even quarantining

if you don’t have a family member

compulsively texting you the rona updates?

I have two homies in the hospital.

They’re healthy. They’re young.

PoetryJonathan BrownMarch 29, 2020poetry, Creative Writing, New Orleans, Jonathan Brown, Coronavirus, Survivors GuiltComment

Asymptomatic: A Stuck Inside Poem, Day 10

Asymptomatic: A Stuck Inside Poem, Day 10

You know in alien movies

when the whole human race

is about to get obliterated

but right before the people go extinct

they come together and unite

to fight against a common enemy?

I’m not sure that is happening with social distancing.

PoetryJonathan BrownMarch 27, 2020asymptomatic, poetry, Creative Writing, New Orleans, CoronavirusComment

Not the Day for Compartmentalizing: A Stuck Inside Poem, Day 7

Not the Day for Compartmentalizing: A Stuck Inside Poem, Day 7

Not in the mood

for the a-lot-of-good-will-come-out-of-this

rhetoric. Not at all. Not even a little bit.

I’d like to stay with the way

I feel until it makes sense, leaves for good

or attacks out of self defense,

but thank you for your input.

PoetryJonathan BrownMarch 24, 2020Rilke, Poetry, Poem, Creative Writing, New Orleans, Stuck inside Poem, A Course In MiraclesComment

Snitch: A Stuck Inside Poem, Day 5

Snitch: A Stuck Inside Poem, Day 5

If you want to put off a shower

until you get really cheesy, stay stank,

my friend.

PoetryJonathan BrownMarch 22, 2020New Orleans, Poetry, Creative Writing, CoronavirusComment

Lenny Bruce, The Later Years: A Stuck Inside Poem, Day 4

Lenny Bruce, The Later Years: A Stuck Inside Poem, Day 4

Maybe this is all a fever dream

and neither the screams nor the shouts

coming from my neighbor’s house are not

directed at her three dogs.

Maybe she’s yelling at hell

to get back in its box.

PoetryJonathan BrownMarch 21, 2020Poem, Creative Writing, New Orleans, Jonathan Brown, Aggressively Vulnerable Comment