Beckoning Tomorrow
Milton Jordan
February 2, 2025
Spread along a low run of hills
long arms turn slowly atop longer
white towers visible well before
84 climbs the Brazos breaks
urging us forward beyond rusting
pump jacks, a few still moving through
their mechanical lift and drive motion,
and noticing the increasing number
standing silently immobile you wonder
if we’re driving toward tomorrow.
Milton Jordan lives with Anne in Georgetown, Texas. He co-edited the first Texas Poetry Assignment anthology, Lone Star Poetry, Kallisto Gaia Press, 2022.