Vol : Writing

PASSION

PASSION

A Poem by Vol


The writing seminar broke for ten minutes. I went outside the ivory tower to feed mysmokingdemon in the shade of an awning. I carefully pack..
PATRICIA ALICE

PATRICIA ALICE

A Poem by Vol


Sometimes at the edge of the pasture, and under the eaves of trees, the soft greens of spring slide through my eyes and paint the curves and ..
PASSION

PASSION

A Poem by Vol


The writing seminar broke for ten minutes. I went outside the ivory tower to feed my smoking demon in the shade of an awning. I carefully p..
PASSING THROUGH

PASSING THROUGH

A Poem by Vol


Sometimes I can move with the music, sometimes not. These scars on my knees and the palms of my hands bear witness to a path littered ..
e=mc2

e=mc2

A Poem by Vol


Where was I before I was here? This identity, This personality? This consciousness? How did I coalesce? Am I just a bunch of ne..
PAPA

PAPA

A Poem by Vol


I like to walk in the woods without paths or trails. You see, I follow Papa. That old man would cut a walking stick when he’d tak..
PALETTE

PALETTE

A Poem by Vol


Someone’s watching all the time, you know? I’m not talking about the cameras, omnipresent, becoming omniscient; looking d..
NEEDLES

NEEDLES

A Poem by Vol


When she needs to talk I can feel it in my stomach where anxiety lives, and anger, and butterflies. It is genetic, I think, he..
P.O.V.

P.O.V.

A Poem by Vol


Momma's yellow table had chrome legs and chairs to match. The whole family ate buttermilk biscuits, fresh eggs and a hundred ..
OXYMORON

OXYMORON

A Poem by Vol


The Idyllic dreams of what once was... when we agreed that right was better than wrong, and knew the difference, when we always aimed hi..