Maxwell Ryder : Writing

Heaven or Hades

Heaven or Hades

A Poem by Maxwell Ryder


Put me in the pine wood, Wrap me in a sheet, Don't gussy me up With makeup, Embalming fluid Before I my Maker meet. He knows what I look Like,..
Savory sea

Savory sea

A Poem by Maxwell Ryder


Sediment falls to the riverbed of my heart, Sentiments build their islands, Anger graffitis its walls, Hate slows the flow, My soul fills and chok..
“Cutter”

“Cutter”

A Poem by Maxwell Ryder


Jan. 11, 2017
What’s mine is not yours

What’s mine is not yours

A Poem by Maxwell Ryder


Written Jan. 8, 2013
We can share the blame

We can share the blame

A Poem by Maxwell Ryder


Written Jan. 7, 2017
Lurid the Druid

Lurid the Druid

A Poem by Maxwell Ryder


There once was a Druid named Lurid, who was fatally stupid, and knew it. He tried his hardest to lose it, but didn't have the heart, aptitude ..
I will be bones

I will be bones

A Poem by Maxwell Ryder


One day, I will be bones without the being, a pair of orbitals, unseeing; ribs without meat, no heartbeat, no heat, no morals: a vagabond boxed..
Neophyte

Neophyte

A Poem by Maxwell Ryder


Today I was called a neophyte; How lucky I am to be alive! So young, I’m born again; So young, I suckle, S**t my diapers and cry. Soon I&..
Back to Podunk

Back to Podunk

A Poem by Maxwell Ryder


The problem with the dead unjustly, prematurely Put in their graves, Skin burnt, Humiliated, Tortured, Or just raped; Is that they pray still ..
Milagro Dos Pesos

Milagro Dos Pesos

A Poem by Maxwell Ryder


I once went to Mexico In search of peyote And free love, But when I got there, I found coyote, tequila, banditos and guns; I left Mexico a vi..