L.F. Royal : Writing

Just look at us

Just look at us

A Poem by L.F. Royal


We are CrudeWe are QuickWe SenseHow fast we've risenor maybe we don'tWe are New WorldWe are MetalBeat out of WoodWe are TallNot QuaintWe are fresh sou..
A Speech On His 500th Birthday

A Speech On His 500th Birthday

A Poem by L.F. Royal


I have seen buildings riseNations, souls, and seasstir and trembleand kingdoms fallbut what I have noticed mostis the dimming of the stars
A Delhi Morning

A Delhi Morning

A Story by L.F. Royal


Sudden fiction
Still

Still

A Poem by L.F. Royal


Run with me Down wooden planked paths to The sea Men wage war from their seats While others Pave the world like streets Still, the..
Anything at All

Anything at All

A Poem by L.F. Royal


A Chilean miner A dictator's slave A target for snipers A hermit's cave I would rather be anything Then your lover I would rather do ..
A Missouri Farmer Before the Invention of Giving Up

A Missouri Farmer Before the Invention of Giving U..

A Poem by L.F. Royal


Blood beads on cracked hands Hands, like sackcloth Iron wills grasp plow handles soft, like worn church pews ..