Vol : Writing

BLAME STARBUCKS

BLAME STARBUCKS

A Poem by Vol


An article on the internet says a recent review of roughly 100 studies notes that while caffeine enhances physical, cognitive and motor p..
BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN

BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN

A Poem by Vol


BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN The song on the radio says it’s a crying shame and makes me remember when time was candy. On the be..
THE BIG EMPTY

THE BIG EMPTY

A Poem by Vol


Sometimes the furnace burns low,and the embers slumber like a poolof dragon eyes, winking red. I get lazy when the fuel is too farawayto sto..
BETRAYED

BETRAYED

A Poem by Vol


The sun opens his mouth and speaks with salt words scorched from the sea and has not yet said all he knows about that. He speaks ..
BARBARA JEAN

BARBARA JEAN

A Poem by Vol


Sometimes at the edge of the pastureunder the forest eaves, the soft greens of spring slide through my eyesand paint the curves and shadows of ..
AUTUMN

AUTUMN

A Poem by Vol


There are leaves and dead limbs at my feet. I can see my feet… They are mine aren’t they? We have come all this way, slogged t..
ARTS DECOTATIFS

ARTS DECOTATIFS

A Poem by Vol


I envy those folks who lived when Flappers flapped and Jazz had just learned to Jive. They were there for Art Deco, whose smooth ele..
AT THE CORE

AT THE CORE

A Poem by Vol


In the hot spring, when the sap rises to make blooms open their golden thighs for the dry juice of pollen carried on the tongues of..
AMARILLO

AMARILLO

A Poem by Vol


AMARILLO At six o’clock the road turned bare as we rode through Tennessee. From Nashville to Memphis is a long, dark stretch of ..
BALM

BALM

A Poem by Vol


When we were young and smooth we did the things required of us to cut our network of brainways, the paths our thoughts would forever follow..