Preston Manning Bernstein : Writing

Charleston, SC

Charleston, SC

A Poem by Preston Manning Bernstein


Outside my bedroom window Giant trees stood for hundreds of years While tiny plants Called weeds Lived, Then died Without any mention In the ci..
Circe

Circe

A Poem by Preston Manning Bernstein


Circe I.Cyclops In a strange city I fled after I flicked the lighter that burnt the beard of the boy from Charleston who just wanted to be frien..
I, the Ocean of Mind, Drink All Creation's Waves

I, the Ocean of Mind, Drink All Creation\'s Waves

A Poem by Preston Manning Bernstein


The title is a line from an epic by the seer Samadhi. I used it as a starting point for this poem after reading a lot of D.H. Lawrence. Enjoy
Hotel Verona

Hotel Verona

A Story by Preston Manning Bernstein


Amnesiac lost in a hotel room
This Year's Model

This Year\'s Model

A Poem by Preston Manning Bernstein


I. Hands on the bottle, Forehead bowed to forehead-- Nothing lingered, nothing left, There were no glances and ..
Tea

Tea

A Poem by Preston Manning Bernstein


This time, my pecker got me thrown out Of the Kava-Kava scented apartment To walk past bus stops--where Men in light ..
The Blue-Ridge Parkway Outside Boone, N.C.

The Blue-Ridge Parkway Outside Boone, N.C.

A Poem by Preston Manning Bernstein


Written on a slope beside a highway located on a mountain