One Sentence Poems

Jon Densford An Ordinary Evening in West Memphis Lucinda, the muse, was half right, singing “maybe” while looking east toward the bridge with its sky reflecting pink then turning west to see the delta’s flat out purple sunset joy. Jon Densford of Memphis, Tennessee crossed high bridges over the Mississippi River more than a hundred […]

Jon Densford Possibility No word can hide in a poem like “this.” Jon Densford of Memphis, Tennessee is trying to memorize “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”— just in case.    

Jon Densford Pandemic Lessons Unlike the proverbial Old Dog, I have learned to flip a light switch with either elbow and to lift a toilet seat with just one foot.   Jon Densford is surviving, but he already misses John Prine.  

Jon Densford August Moon The next night the full moon wasn’t full any more, just full of itself and so broiling hot it sweat diamond sweat drops that hung in the sky like melting stars. Jon Densford, of Memphis TN, tried howling at the moon but found out the hard way that the moon don’t […]

Jon Densford Sunyata Inside my fortune cookie I find nothing – no paper slip, no words, no winning numbers – nothing but a presence of almonds grown on a rain-soaked hillside. Jon Densford lives in Memphis and has had several poems appear in print and online publications, including his favorites Right Hand Pointing and One […]

Jon Densford Armadillo Koan The master encouraged me to seek the mind of an old armadillo with a red parachute climbing a cottonwood tree. Jon Densford prefers the oldest and southernmost of the two highway bridges spanning the big river that links his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee to the Land of Opportunity.      

Jon Densford MEMENTO MORI (Found in the Syllabus Philosophy 176: Death, Open Yale Courses) “There will be no final exam.” Jon Densford of Memphis, TN, thinks you should listen to Caroline Bergvall read Shelley’s MontBlanc (“Pervaded With That Ceaseless Motion”) free of charge on the World Wide Web.

Jon Densford Gullible ‘Bout Bach We almost convinced him that “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” translates “Foolish virgin! Awaken and shake your money maker!” Jon Densford of Memphis, Tennessee strongly prefers to be left-justified, but he has sometimes pivoted to the center.