It seems you’ve left us, friend,
(I found your obit in a database)
or rather took your leave three years ago,
thus passes one more kindly face.
You spoke of things that others
rarely care about – experience
and logic, how each should fit,
the church and quirky mystery
and the state of the Spirit
in our times …
Poem, in its entirety, is available in the printed version of the current issue.
Bio:
Martin Jones lives in Scarborough, Ontario. He is the author of two books of poetry, the slow knot of time (2021) and Arc of the Sun (2024), and a collection of short stories, The Gentleman Lion (2022).