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.