Marshall : Writing

Shriek and Shrill

Shriek and Shrill

A Poem by Marshall


She was fluffy like a cotton ball, as cute as a summer saladbut she had a vicious bark. It rang out loud across the streetand got your teeth on edge, ..
The pharmacists furious face

The pharmacists furious face

A Poem by Marshall


Pharmacist with the funny faceI’m not sure how the lines were etchedand set in place across a severe browlike storms had raged and winters chill..
The Accountant

The Accountant

A Poem by Marshall


All he could see were numbersthat reached out and grabbed taxesand takes, invoices and expenditures.He could not see explanations of delightthat littl..
The Novelist, thats who I am.......

The Novelist, thats who I am.......

A Poem by Marshall


The writings done the baby bornfive months of painful paragraphs and hauntedby commas and full stops, scenes emerging frominsidious places and charact..
mirage

mirage

A Poem by Marshall


the hand you touchedmy dearin the darknessand thoughtwas not me.the mirage had taken me outand left you with a shell©Marshall Gass. All rights re..
The Secret

The Secret

A Poem by Marshall


Metaphysical hyperstringsconnectingtwo abstract layers of embodimentin a substantial partnershipdriven by a needin togethernessI stretched my hand out..
Continents on Fire

Continents on Fire

A Poem by Marshall


around the ring of firecontinents burnin the blistering logicof claims to islands and air spaces,waters lapping on wrong shorescultures and creedsunea..
Belly-Button

Belly-Button

A Poem by Marshall


the entire universe entered through thisumbilical chordstrumming in tuneits lifeblood housedin place now.cutwhen the cry woke youto lifeand nowyou cov..
The Specialist

The Specialist

A Poem by Marshall


The first time I met the Specialisthe shut me up with a bunch of big wordswhich I never found in any poem. Anywhere.(So I swore I would break the rule..
The Parish Priest

The Parish Priest

A Poem by Marshall


For a man who held fire in his homiliesand set the souls aflame with hellhe was gentle at the apse, smiling, smilingwarm hands and crisp cuffs and col..