One Sentence Poems

J. R. Solonche Local Politics We’re over Nebraska, and the sky is still blue. J. R. Solonche is author of Beautiful Day (Deerbrook Editions), Won’t Be Long (Deerbrook Editions), Heart’s Content (Five Oaks Press), Invisible (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize by Five Oaks Press), and The Black Birch (Kelsay Books).

J. R. Solonche Wordsworth Redux Late and soon, the world is too much with us on the phone. J. R. Solonche is author of Beautiful Day (Deerbrook Editions), Won’t Be Long (Deerbrook Editions), Heart’s Content (Five Oaks Press), Invisible (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize by Five Oaks Press), and The Black Birch (Kelsay Books).

J. R. Solonche The Insects The insects in the trees are making the sound of machinery mellowed mild by the sun’s golden oil. J. R. Solonche has been publishing in magazines, journals, and anthologies since the early 70s. He is author of Beautiful Day (Deerbrook Editions), Won’t Be Long (Deerbrook Editions), Heart’s Content (Five Oaks […]

J. R. Solonche To My Eyes Thanks, Brother Eyes, if it hadn’t been for you two guys, I would have died face down in a rice paddy in ‘Nam in 1965, and here we are alive. J.R. Solonche is author of Beautiful Day (Deerbrook Editions), Won’t Be Long (Deerbrook Editions), Heart’s Content (Five Oaks Press), […]

J. R. Solonche To My Arthritis I’ll see you in hell, Art, but in the meantime, I hope you appreciate your home away from home. J.R. Solonche is author of Beautiful Day (Deerbrook Editions), Won’t Be Long (Deerbrook Editions), Heart’s Content (Five Oaks Press), Invisible (Five Oaks Press), and The Black Birch (Kelsay Books).

J. R. Solonche To My Notebook  I spilled red wine on your lap, and I’m sorry, but now you know how I feel without me having to spell it out for you in so many words. J. R. Solonche has been publishing in magazines, journals, and anthologies since the early 70s.

J.R. Solonche On a Photograph of Me Shit, how I envy all the millions who lived before photography. J.R. Solonche has been publishing poetry since the early 70s.

J.R. Solonche Van Gogh, Cornfield with Lark He wanted to be a poet more than a painter, so when van Gogh tried to paint the sound of the lark as it ascended into the sky above the cornfield, he painted the lark. J.R. Solonche has been publishing poetry since the early 70s.