Vol : Writing

SUCCULENT

SUCCULENT

A Poem by Vol


On the other side of this wall, cold waitswith teeth bared and a sneerwhile I can do nothing to hold it at bay. Erato sleepswith back turned ..
OUT BACK

OUT BACK

A Poem by Vol


There aren’t a thousand people within a hundred square miles of my place on the Llano Estacado. I’m fairly good at li..
OH JESUS

OH JESUS

A Poem by Vol


Her name is Tracy K Smith and when she reads her poetry of didactic imagery, she is soft and sensual as D.H. Lawrence when he leans that..
OF COURSE THEY DID

OF COURSE THEY DID

A Poem by Vol


At Stogies, my beer and tobacco bar, I hang out with poets, writers, and good friends. We bring the stuff we’ve written, and dr..
ORIGINALITY

ORIGINALITY

A Poem by Vol


Doe rae MEEEE Fa So Laaaa TEEEEE DOE! Doe Rae me, Fah So La, teeeee Dough! DAMN! The one th..
WRITE A FIVE PAGE ANALYSIS

WRITE A FIVE PAGE ANALYSIS

A Poem by Vol


In my Tennesseesmall-town career,I gave everything Ihad to my students.They were so young!Their mental database was a virtual encyclopedia with a mill..
ODE

ODE

A Poem by Vol


Weep for the dreams, the sweet dreams of youth when we sang in the sunshine and we laughed every day. Weep for your life that gets ..
OBLIVIOUS

OBLIVIOUS

A Poem by Vol


Sometimes, the muse takes a nap. Like now, when I’m supposed to write about pines. No matter how hard I think, how sharp my pe..
A PINT AT THE OLD GRANERY PUB

A PINT AT THE OLD GRANERY PUB

A Poem by Vol


In today’s reality of things that are only there in some virtual way, my vision is blurred, and not just in these old brown eye..
This is not a story

This is not a story

A Story by Vol


This!!!Ursula LeGuin, Says what I've always believed... all art is dangerous, has fangs and carries a gun. When you encounter it, your realitychanges,..