Vol : Writing

DEFEATED

DEFEATED

A Poem by Vol


I left your bed because the sun erupted red to yellow through the purple, and, I, an early voyeur, watched from the porch as a thin sheet of..
TWILIGHT

TWILIGHT

A Poem by Vol


TWILIGHT A thousand miles later, and after midnight, I pull out of the fog where the Texas wind has painted the sides of things with a..
DEEP GREEN

DEEP GREEN

A Poem by Vol


DEEP GREEN I miss that heavy forest; moss on the north side of fat trees, whose feet rest in the creek, hugging stones with t..
DEALING

DEALING

A Poem by Vol


My pen scrapes, marking time, or no time at all. Like lightening in the alleys or maybe the cracking of leaves as they fall. ..
DEAD END

DEAD END

A Poem by Vol


A hand lettered sign on a flimsy stick said “Garage Sale,” and gave the address. I turned down the Shallow Creek cul-de-sac ..
DAY NOIR

DAY NOIR

A Poem by Vol


There isn’t much to say about that day in the dead of winter. It was cold. It was wet. I stepped off the si..
GHOST

GHOST

A Poem by Vol


I'm not sure I'm happy with the title, open to suggestions...
DARK

DARK

A Poem by Vol


On the road to Dead Man’s Curve by Laurel Creek, I found a hemlock lying down because that’s the way the wind blew a long..
consequences

consequences

A Poem by Vol


I need A breathy forest full of undergrowth and fallen limbs, with the occasional tree across my path, lying there soft and f..
CRAZY

CRAZY

A Poem by Vol


CRAZY There is a neurosurgeon who’s been digging around down there, deep beneath the cerebral cortex. He’s been finding a..