The Rivers of Babylon jansmatters.com, January 13, 2026January 13, 2026 By the Rivers of Babylon I sit and weep for another home another timeThere on the tree I hang my guitarMy tormentors bid me to sing their songHate filled young men with bitter eyes and rifles and assault weaponsOfficials who profess to be hunting with rifles and assault weapons for…
Minister’s Daughter? jansmatters.com, July 9, 2025 I appear as a minister’s daughterRather than a person with a past My persona ingrainedMy reality a constant clash I act with apparent compassionFilled with a sense of derision My actions entrenchedMy passions a constant collision Outside InsideInside Outside Conflict in the depths of perceptionDissonance at the heart of cognition…
See the Image jansmatters.com, May 30, 2025May 30, 2025 Published in the 2024 St. Louis County Library Anthology, incomplete. Here it is in total. See the image reflectedin eyespeering fromtreesblades of grassocean depth Listen to worryingstillnessas quiet aching awarenessgrows for each intelligentbeingFeel sadnessweigh upon your heartas one by onefellow life formsdisappearbecoming memoriesof beautylostfor those of usleft behindSee yourselfreflectedin eyespeeringHear…
Step into the Ring jansmatters.com, April 12, 2025 Step into the Ring. Be fearless. Have confidence. Be peaceful and calm. Be strong and powerful. Know you are deserving. Be balanced. Be whole. Open your mind; Open your life; to fulfillment, limitless success, laughter and love.
“My River” published in SLWG 2025 Anthology jansmatters.com, February 17, 2025February 17, 2025 My essay entitled “My River” is included in the 2025 St. Louis Writer’s Guild Anthology, launched today Feb 14, 2025. Links to eBook and paperback below. All proceeds support the good efforts of the Guild.