Misplaced

by Jill Jones

Sometimes the poem is
out of order
or in the other air
when it is hotter
placed after before
in the evening.
The moon shines on
the day, the sun
sinks elsewhere
and the page is lit
by the evening star
which was not lost
even after all
those blanket years
city lights, summer snow
and the return
of the albatross
gliding within storms
as the southern ocean
tosses its spray
onto ropes, canvas
the rocks, the mainland
rearranging the page.

About the Author

Jill Jones has published poetry in print and on-line journals in Australia, UK, USA, New Zealand, Canada, France, the Czech Republic and India as well as in major anthologies such as The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry. Her most recent books are Broken/Open (Salt, 2005) and a handwritten "tiny" book, Speak Which (Meritage Press, 2007). In 2009, she took part in the Micro-Festival Poetry Series held in Prague and Brno.

322 Review publishes provocative emerging and established artists. Conceived and operated by former Rowan University graduate students of the Master of Arts in Writing Program, 322 Review is aggressively seeking the best fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and mixed media works of visual art.