Vol : Writing

SEQUATCHIE

SEQUATCHIE

A Poem by Vol


The long road makes slow curls around the floor of the valley on its way to the highway, a leisurely ride past precarious old houses with ..
SENSLESS

SENSLESS

A Poem by Vol


Jake’s eye is twitching again, concentration shattered! There is, after all, a lot to think about... Nasty leadership, national debt, ..
THE HUNT

THE HUNT

A Poem by Vol


There are many I know who sit in nice chairs and search for something to care about. Stark, starving children work twelve hours a day..
SCREW GODOT

SCREW GODOT

A Poem by Vol


Death don’t wait! But we do. If we take our time, and aren’t interrupted by that sneaky b*****d clobbering us with ..
SCAPE

SCAPE

A Poem by Vol


The arid Llano Estacado labors under an unprettiness of beauty. The neutrality of a million shades of brown from yellow-tan, to rust, an..
SAVED

SAVED

A Poem by Vol


Slam! The spring on the screen door did its job. “Quit slamming that door, I told you to stay outside; just look at the flies you&rsqu..
SATISFACTION

SATISFACTION

A Poem by Vol


The top of the hill is thirty degrees up from horizontal where a ripe moon is harvested in a net of naked trees. Its pink blush, like yo..
SAILING

SAILING

A Poem by Vol


I brush your skin like silk and feel it burn beneath the pressure of my lips, Tiny peach down ripples in my breath as this hand ..
SACRIFICE

SACRIFICE

A Poem by Vol


I moved to the country, a white shack in a corner, and just an acre or two across from the little church. Billy had been there for fifty ..
ALAS AND ALACK

ALAS AND ALACK

A Poem by Vol


If only philosophy was the answer. It seems giant slices of our pie have the fruit squeezed out and all the flavor of what could hav..