Wednesday, 11 November 2026

Five Poems by J. D. Nelson







we don’t truck in stomachs

 

moons of ampersandic

clay will rise tonight

 

& the cloud ape

is without

 

um, we sent the duck

to quack about red rocks

 

you enjoy sports

&/or torture

 

night is beginning

first, the lake is 

 

 

tomorrow’s quantalists

 

frosted included

in do-nut sizes:

 

frost giants

western crèmes

 

in heads unlined

heaven on all sides 

 

 

signal flavored as tomato spaghetti

 

gulch this weekend

leaving here a hand

 

alerted to

my own system

 

never made any

nothing

 

primo moonlight

why not a celery 

 

 

long base triangle

 

mister fantastic’s

a real violin reptile

 

made of glass

somehow

 

the feet of one

trudging

 

kiss opens for

kiss 

 

 

basking temporarily unavailable

 

tree scene

cop

 

copy not

halves

 

onions

for fry

 

help no

c/o self  

 

 



 

J. D. Nelson (b. 1971) is the author of thirteen collections of poetry, including Cinderella City (The Red Ceilings Press). Visit MadVerse.com for more information and links to his published work. Nelson lives in Boulder, Colorado.

 

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Five Poems by J. D. Nelson

we don’t truck in stomachs   moons of ampersandic clay will rise tonight   & the cloud ape is without   um, we sent the ...