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.