Dan Jacoby

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Souls

We don't belong to
ourselves–
flakes and spells are
meted out to
formers over coffee
over instance until
We are better amended–
than we were

So live like children
artists finger paint
musicians play the recorder
in stone, sculptors
form, chisel and break
and try to avoid
an elysian moment

Dan Jacoby is a graduate of Fenwick High School, St. Louis University, Chicago State University, and Governors State University. He has published poetry in several fine publications. He is a former educator, steel worker, and counterintelligence agent. He was born in 1947 on the second floor of a cold water flat at 55th and Halsted, Chicago. He has been writing poetry since 1967 and his work is influenced by the Beats, John Knoepfle, Al Montesi, and John Logan to name a few. He has been nominated in 2020 for a Pushcart and Best of the Net. He is the author of the book Blue Jeaned Buddhists.