Poetry

September 23rd, 2026

Jordan Radar

my father’s muse

i listen to my father’s music the same way i wish he listened to me. 
i listen to my father              the           way i wish he listened to me. 
               my father                                                     listened to me.
i listen                                    the same way           he listened to me. 
                my father’s music                                       listened to me. 
i listen to my father                                     i wish he listened to me. 
        i listened to me. 


Jordan Rader (they/she), a recent UWS alum, now finds themselves more of an educator rather than a student. They spend their days as an environmental educationalist at a Park District, exploring any and all themes nature related. She’s picked up birding, cross stitch and crocheting, and disc golf to fill their post-grad free time. Their work has previously been published in The Nemadji Review, Volumes 12, 13, and 14.