Duncan Brown : Writing

The Written Heart

The Written Heart

A Poem by Duncan Brown


The heart is written on the page Unavoidable in the empty space Occupied by that tender rage Unfolding in the patterned lace Weaving w..
A Pack of Cards 219

A Pack of Cards 219

A Poem by Duncan Brown


The golden rule never gives change. And gamblers only drink champagne Losers can’t afford it Don’t play poker with medicine me..
The Geometry of Hunger

The Geometry of Hunger

A Poem by Duncan Brown


Walk nine miles and then one more food is always far to feed a hungry family Borrowed shoes is what we wear food brings us clos..
The Pantheon of Hindu Goddesses in America

The Pantheon of Hindu Goddesses in America

A Poem by Duncan Brown


Here’s to a life lived in mirrors Looking at you, looking at you Looking back at you looking back Through your glasses very darkly ..
Rise and Fall Happens

Rise and Fall Happens

A Poem by Duncan Brown


Rise and fall happens to us all Worlds arise as they diminish Like souls when they hear the call Tomorrow follows yesterday Life beg..
The Chelsea Hotel

The Chelsea Hotel

A Poem by Duncan Brown


The Chelsea Hotel We remember it well An' its splendid interior decor By never setting foot there, A very Bohemian Rhapsody Two Dylans are thrill..
William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth

A Poem by Duncan Brown


Poetry weaves its wondrous symmetry On drifting clouds of searing imagery Wandering in realms of magical vision Writ abstract on the naked..
Forever Forever Young

Forever Forever Young

A Poem by Duncan Brown


Fifty years on of solid Rock’n’Roll Is not quite dying before you get old Keith’s got some tricks that aint never ..
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A Poem by Duncan Brown


The leaden cloak of his sorrowful pain Is measured in tears like driving rain Beating on the heart of experience Searching for the..
Pilgrim’s Progress Report

Pilgrim’s Progress Report

A Poem by Duncan Brown


From Chaucer to Kerouac In dust and on tarmac The road always writes back.