the human condition, january-river.net

envy

You don’t look so good / Tell me about it? / I won’t fix / I want to

Post author:January River
Post category:Poetry
Post published:May 5, 2026

misreckoning

You think it was a regular thing / You remember it being a tradition

Post author:January River
Post category:Poetry
Post published:April 7, 2026

elevator

But then, steepness is relative / to where you’re standing / and how tall you are

Post author:January River
Post category:Poetry
Post published:March 31, 2026

support

Some times / aren’t / Some days / don’t

Post author:January River
Post category:Poetry
Post published:December 2, 2025

laboratory

At six forty-six p.m. /  they’re still laying great big chunks of granite   / in the yard

Post author:January River
Post category:Poetry
Post published:August 26, 2025

anxiety

As the drugs take hold  the mirror melts

Post author:January River
Post category:Poetry
Post published:July 15, 2025

inattentive

There must be a cruelty school  or a church of unkindness

Post author:January River
Post category:Poetry
Post published:July 8, 2025

Withdrawal

He felt no pain. Not yet. He could see the pain there, of course…he knew what it was, and knew that he could take it out, pick it up, allow himself to feel it…

Post author:January River
Post category:Prose
Post published:July 1, 2025

compensate

Castles Made of Sand

I made something  It’s nice but  that’s not why I made it

Post author:January River
Post category:Poetry
Post published:June 24, 2025

math

This is the law  by which we exist

Post author:January River
Post category:Poetry
Post published:June 10, 2025