Jorden Blucher

Devotion

Pushing her cart full of belongings

a stout weathered woman

stops in the middle of the sidewalk

closes her eyes

lifting her face and hands

and begins to sway to the gospel music

drifting from the church’s open door

Jorden Blucher is a stay-at-home dad and writer based in Vermont. He began writing poetry at the age of 17 to process the fathering of a child and, a year later, the death of a friend. Jorden journeys with depression and is an advocate for mental health issues.