Jonathan Hayes is a poet associated with the San Francisco Bay Area. Independent literary publications have described him as living in San Francisco and Oakland, and as having taught poetry at 826 Valencia. His work appears across five issues in this archive.
walking
walking is listed under Jonathan Hayes in Issue 10. The surviving record preserves the title; the poem text is absent from the current archive.
The Bottom Line
The Bottom Line is listed under Jonathan Hayes in Issue 14. The surviving record preserves the title; the poem text is absent from the current archive.
2 Poems
Issue 18 lists Jonathan Hayes under the entry 2 Poems. The surviving record preserves the entry title; the individual poem texts are absent from the current archive.
The Lilies
of the window
are rubbed in the
accident of the dishes
the repeating
flies of the wind
the paper birdsong
and the lilies
have been calling
with
burrowing night
by the tree and blanket
while the cold undressed
dishes of supper
are being flown
by wings of stone
folded lilies
the tug of thistles
in a coffin
ignorant
of africa
sunfall’s
illuminating
violin music
kids bring
tortillas of light
pigs and frogs
drink milk
Michelle Kwan and Tears
the energy and emotions
which once choreographed the great show
are frozen and flat
now, we skate over thick ice
w/ no remorse
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