Jonathan Hayes

Jonathan Hayes

Jonathan Hayes lives in Oakland, California with his wife and their cat, and publishes the long-running American literary journal Over the Transom. His most recent publication is the chapbook Purposeful Accident (Holy&intoxicated, England, 2022). He recommends visiting the Black Panther Party Museum.

Ryōkan sd…

Ryōkan sd he never worked retail, but if he had
 
​— being a beggar is easier. 

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Transweiser

Threw up our tags from Kenmore Square to Harvard Square
Catching air off red bricks in “the Pit” till cops gave chase
Years later
The beer has not changed nor the attitude

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The City is Alive!

UPS brown truck parked one wheel up on the sidewalk blinking its back
yellow lights where a movie theater used to be on the south side of 
Market Street near Sixth Street

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"American Haiku from the River and a Title Near the End," "UPTOWN : UNTITLED," and "The Four A.M. Shift"

Now I’m walking the levee
Amongst meth head zombies

When a raccoon reminds me
​To keep my hand on my knife.

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