Glen Fitch : Writing

THE SPIRIT: A SONG

THE SPIRIT: A SONG

A Poem by Glen Fitch


Let's hear it for the spirit. Now lift your voice in song. But if your arm's too weak, my friend, You'd best not sing along. ..
THE SHOW MUST GO ON

THE SHOW MUST GO ON

A Poem by Glen Fitch


Back here are storage rooms crammed to the beams with trunks of costumes, coats, and shoes and hats, old scripts an..
THE SALOMÈ PLATTER

THE SALOMÈ PLATTER

A Poem by Glen Fitch


I'm not sure you'll get this. I'm not sure I care. As if you care! Who knows! This is just to tell you that I broke that dish ..
THE REAL REASON I LEFT

THE REAL REASON I LEFT

A Poem by Glen Fitch


I went into the staff room on my break. I opened up the 'frige and got inside. The door slammed shut. That made the bottles sha..
THE MYTH OF MEMORY:  an Ode

THE MYTH OF MEMORY: an Ode

A Poem by Glen Fitch


How strong it is, this feeling of regret, You long to see the lands and loves you've known. (For Eden's flowers fade if you forget) I..
THE MOUNTAIN

THE MOUNTAIN

A Poem by Glen Fitch


Oh mighty fallen Titan, once so great, With ancient purple cheeks now cracked by tears, Has fatal time so caught thee through ..
THE JOY OF...

THE JOY OF...

A Poem by Glen Fitch


I stroke the glossy spreads of dimpled skin. The flesh so ripe I almost smell and bite. Compulsion, passion, curse, addiction..
THE BOGIE

THE BOGIE

A Poem by Glen Fitch


My leaven makes my muffins rise. My eggs are never runny My pudding could take any prize. My secret? Not for money. Hush! There..
TENNIS ANYONE?

TENNIS ANYONE?

A Poem by Glen Fitch


I envy them. I watch them serve, receive. The forehand, backspin, smash, each smacked with care. Except to rest or stoppin..
TENDER

TENDER

A Poem by Glen Fitch


I Stared and thought, "How small, how strange, how plain." Details my memory knew so well and took so ofte..