Vol : Writing

NOT A CHANCE

NOT A CHANCE

A Poem by Vol


The night’s dark eyes smile at what is left of me, you... stealing bits and pieces of who I am with small nips that hurt for ..
NOT WITH A BANG

NOT WITH A BANG

A Poem by Vol


What is left to say? Yeats pulled at the strings of warp and weft, to part the curtain… ~Opening scene... stage right... GASP..
NOSE

NOSE

A Poem by Vol


I was waiting for the light to turn, looking at nothing really, a white house on the corner, half a dozen businesses someone’s dream ..
I DON'T OWN A WATCH

I DON'T OWN A WATCH

A Poem by Vol


If there is such a thing as time, I have often thought it must be like a book, every page an infinitely thin slice of eternity, static, w..
HOW NOBLE IN REASON

HOW NOBLE IN REASON

A Poem by Vol


Sometimes I wonder if it was Helen’s face that brought the sack of Troy. I mean, really? Maybe it was something else, sweet k..
LIKE MY BACK  AIN’T GOT NO BONE

LIKE MY BACK AIN’T GOT NO BONE

A Poem by Vol


LIKE MY BACK AIN’T GOT NO BONE It is hard to get comfortable in this tall chair today, because yesterday was, at lea..
NICOLE

NICOLE

A Poem by Vol


She called and said, “Ty invited us to songwriter’s night.” A round of Nashville maestros for our listening pleasure..
NIHILISTIC

NIHILISTIC

A Poem by Vol


Something about the way a disarray of atoms collided deep in the gaseous past conspired to ordain that it would rain today on my para..
NEAP

NEAP

A Poem by Vol


Rain dimples the water, under furled sails; the gentle rise and fall of the hull is a quiet bass drum to echo like distant thunder...
THE MULBERRY BUSH

THE MULBERRY BUSH

A Poem by Vol


How did it come to this? Those times we walked the creek, tossed rocks, and climbed old mossy trees a hundred yards off the path..