Ben Lingemann : Writing

Forlorn Jacket.

Forlorn Jacket.

A Poem by Ben Lingemann


A forlorn jacket absently left on a gate post warms in the sun. No wind rustles its fringed edges, the shadow cast envelopes half of the green post an..
Adjustable Personality.

Adjustable Personality.

A Poem by Ben Lingemann


My words have been ripped from meuncovering my naked body below and I bemoan the cold or mayhap just existenceMy pupils will not focus, a lack of dila..
I Want for a While to Drip Cold Honesty in Your Ears.

I Want for a While to Drip Cold Honesty in Your Ea..

A Poem by Ben Lingemann


Cold and clean, clinical, “and his name is The End of Days” said the priest.“At least he wasn’t born deceased”-“Li..
I Am Created

I Am Created

A Poem by Ben Lingemann


the Exquisite Executioner.What kind of organic golem of engrammic man am I, so cold as to make you quiver.You ask what hides under my thin veneer of v..
Black Kisses From Mother.

Black Kisses From Mother.

A Poem by Ben Lingemann


As you jerk and jigglehop and knockslip and gigglekeep a foot forwardand the other forewarned.Slack jawed and hackneyedyou're endlessly forlornslack k..
Leaning Against a Lamppost.

Leaning Against a Lamppost.

A Poem by Ben Lingemann


I am staring at the red hand demanding stop in a mostly silent rushing manner with any urgent notice for the blind lost in the crushing banter.And the..
Tendentious.

Tendentious.

A Poem by Ben Lingemann


Nowhere is now here, desolation; within my adulterated honesty you took from me that which you did not believe I still owned in your break-neck speed ..
I'm Insular In Need.

I'm Insular In Need.

A Poem by Ben Lingemann


Oh' glamorous god glassy eyed, in meyou have so very much time investedI burn past tense n’ loosen tight lips. I maybe lost without Love jejunel..
Invisible.

Invisible.

A Poem by Ben Lingemann


I forgot my life as I lived it.I forgot my body as I died.I forgot my shadowas it was burned on the wall.I forgot then and nowand will forever after.I..
You Don't Know/misjudge me.

You Don't Know/misjudge me.

A Poem by Ben Lingemann


I strip you naked,leave you firmly fixed to the spotin the coldencircled by a metalfence.You're rooted to that spot.Without me, you'll neverleaveand w..