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Jake Rose

Jake Rose is the author of JOAN, which won the Phoenix Emerging Poet Book Prize in 2026. They teach at UC Davis and coedit the literary magazine Vers. They live in Northern California.

two horses grazing in a field during sunset, near and far, poem by jake rose

Poetry: ‘Near & Far’

Jake Rose’s poem moves from a horse barn to a field of memory, asking what it costs to hold another being’s desire too closely in your arms.

Jun 21, 2026