of crossings and re-crossings
After living in Germany for sixteen years
chaos and addiction
half wanting to look down
But the story of Babylon itself remains a mystery
Erosions September 2020 of crossings and re-crossingsErosions is John A. Griffins first full length book of poems. Written shortly after he emigrated to the United States, the poems comprise a kind of Bildungsroman exploring themes of boyhood innocence, fantasy, landscapes, nature, death, loss, absence, exile, and a coming into ones powers as one seeks to apprehend the changes wrought by time, epiphany, and departure. Absence, lines, natural forces, spirituality, and extinction are all leitmotifs in the