Vol : Writing

ALIENS AND STRANGERS

ALIENS AND STRANGERS

A Poem by Vol


AN ALIEN AND A STRANGER She’s ninety-four years old with her brilliant head still resting on her bent shoulders. My Elfin mom..
COTTAGES

COTTAGES

A Poem by Vol


On the television is a scene with a bridge that sweeps in a pleasing curve over a blue river, and I want to build a cottage there. I can..
CONTEMPT

CONTEMPT

A Poem by Vol


"For God’s sake let us be men not monkeys minding machines or sitting with our tails curled while the machine amuses us the radio or fi..
CONSCIOUS

CONSCIOUS

A Poem by Vol


When you ride alone, there is time to think between the trees and fences on either side; a little thought breaks free and tumble..
PLUPERFECT

PLUPERFECT

A Poem by Vol


Out here in the woods,my home rests on the hillwhere we cut a shelf to make room for a patio, the house and ten feet of front yard. Saturday drizzled ..
CONNECT

CONNECT

A Poem by Vol


In my other worldthere is more shade than sun. The nap of a Tennessee carpet rolling over every hill and mountain, across the creeks a..
COMPLAINT

COMPLAINT

A Poem by Vol


The thing is, I need a little poison. I’ve lived too safe in the recesses of this space I’ve defined. In the harsh winter of my ..
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..