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Losing Track

A Poem by John Sullivan

I lose track of myself sometimesit's so easy to lose trackmy head leans against the white wallturning graymy arms write feverishly trying to pin somet..

The Taco Bell Poem

A Poem by John Sullivan

So I wrote a poem todayit's not about sex or loveor anything like thatin fact I'm not sure what it is aboutI'm at Taco Bell like alwaysthe older coupl..

That Night

A Story by John Sullivan

I arrived at the apartment on a cool autumn night. The inky blackness above was hidden in the probing glare of the street lamps. I walked up the ..

The Poet

A Poem by John Sullivan

a poet sits at his deskfaces the clean white pagehe takes the pen from the inkwelland presses it to the sheetwatches the ink seepthe blot spreads thro..

The Ocean

A Poem by John Sullivan

to dive into the waters of lifeor merely walk its banksanxiety indecision running rankHamlet's dilemma this ship almost sankto jump on inor wade its s..

Have You?

A Poem by John Sullivan

I wrote this in a writing group I attend. We did a guided meditation. The theme was the mountain, we'd all become the mountain figuratively. Here is w..

Schizophrenia Mornings

A Poem by John Sullivan

Was diagnosed with schizophrenia about 5 years ago... Had to write a poem about it

For Bobby

A Poem by John Sullivan

"O Mary, open your eyelids. I am in the domain of silence, the kingdom of the crazy and the sleeper. There is blood here..."

Fight Song

A Poem by John Sullivan

in sunlit fallow fieldsand lying with the deadthe crucified librarianthe commonwealth bredyour tired eyes can't quite see the ceiling from this bedso ..

Scott Joplin Scores Dostoevsky's "The Idiot" in Fi..

A Poem by John Sullivan

tiring of tryingthe yellow moon risingover that delirious desertwhere the deadlay downon a piano bench reposeda song of swords and the roseand though ..