Vol : Writing

COMFORT FOOD

COMFORT FOOD

A Poem by Vol


COMFORT FOOD Remember that weekend at the lake? A dim room in the cottage a rough wooden table a crockery bowl, cracked… ..
TOO LATE

TOO LATE

A Poem by Vol


A dry leaf scuttles into non-sensual contact with the water to sail a little while in the wind; I am jostled from my reverie by noisy people d..
COME TOGETHER

COME TOGETHER

A Poem by Vol


In the tight confluence of Tennesseeridges, the sky above the tor out frontdiffuses from gray to dusty blue. I am up before the sun. My cof..
HERE YA GO

HERE YA GO

A Poem by Vol


HERE YA GO I don’t know man, I was just sittin’ an’ thinkin’ about some of what changes when you..
STRAWBERRY fIELDS

STRAWBERRY fIELDS

A Poem by Vol


STRAWBERRY FIELDS I sometimes did an experiment with my students because perspective is everything, well, except for the lies we t..
COFFEE

COFFEE

A Poem by Vol


COFFEE Slow sip of steam and bitter brown. Ahh! Coffee! Out here in what’s left of the farm, in the garden she planted for me, i..
COBS

COBS

A Poem by Vol


Cobs The old man sat in a worn chair, leaned a little to the right, his shirt coffee stained, and tobacco turned the cracks near his..
A DREAM

A DREAM

A Poem by Vol


The darkened sun floats above ominous clouds, so my morning coffee has a harder job in the den where the lights are off. Sh..
CLUMSY OAFS

CLUMSY OAFS

A Poem by Vol


CLUMSY OAF The author said, in her people’s wisdom, that no Native language has a cognate for “human” as separ..
CLARITY

CLARITY

A Poem by Vol


On the beach, when the sky is bright with the blue of nothing but light, distance softens in the iridescent haze. Purple coquina peek from ..