Joe M. : Writing

Penance

Penance

A Poem by Joe M.


i lay down my broken body late again on Chatham clay so cold wet red and uneven near a fire at my brother’s house to do the ti..
Lady Luck

Lady Luck

A Poem by Joe M.


i wished i was fixed my broken brain my broken heart i wished i knew what to do i shall ask Dr. Seuss he has always been of use ..
coupons

coupons

A Poem by Joe M.


i saved somecents of me, for you shinnyhappy pennies, all to spendmy love for thee on one kneean aching heart beggingsubsidy
faces

faces

A Poem by Joe M.


sad is so bad no one cares how full some asinine glass an only lonely remedy brain deadtime ticking away
Spring 2001

Spring 2001

A Poem by Joe M.


I am alone. Dead I am born, still Life I must breathe. I am a baby crying, a man old uncomfortably whimpering, A man prim..
Flight of the Confederate Firefly

Flight of the Confederate Firefly

A Poem by Joe M.


A firefly secreted in my home died upside down as I gazed from above, spirits of the Charleston 9 resting momentarily in my broken heart. The firefly ..
Chatham County Rap

Chatham County Rap

A Poem by Joe M.


With friends hiking around the Grand Canyon, I spent the day with my county plainly happy and nominally guilty. A day that eventually welled up and sp..
Oh Chatham County

Oh Chatham County

A Poem by Joe M.


Intoxicated protest against a massive planned development clear cutting the land exposing the red clays in Chatham County, NC. The Haw River runs thro..
Elegy to a father

Elegy to a father

A Poem by Joe M.


My father Died and gone to hell, I hope. Son of a b***h of a father left on empty, his legacy notably nothing save four noble c..
The Interview

The Interview

A Poem by Joe M.


An old barber, a philosopher of All things great and small, Cut and thrust in accordance With Academy rules because I Have an inte..

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