#poetry

My sister has worked nights at the same hospital for nine years. These are for her, and for the guy at the gas station off Route 9 who says "drive safe" every single time like he actually means it. Different people, one night. 10:58 p.m. Clock in. The day shift yawns its...

Daniel Reyes

14 2 min

Most of these got written in a notebook that had already been rained on, which felt about right. A few are from this spring, a couple are older. If you like short poems about ordinary hours, I also put together Haiku for the Night Shift a while back. 1. Forecast The weatherman sa...

Hana Sato

18 2 min