John Mitchell

December 13, 2025

Poem: Manhunt

Manhunt or The Search That Follows

-For Charlie

You can see them 
distant stares, half-hearted yawns
as each ponders 
which lead to chase next;
how to find who did this.
Cigarette smoke floats 
horizontally across the room
around the chin and cheekbones
of their unshaven faces. 

About John Mitchell

I can trace my love for reading and writing poetry back to my earliest days listening to my parents read the Psalms to me as a child. And to my parents, I owe a great debt.