Vol : Writing

SUICIDE

SUICIDE

A Poem by Vol


I have committed suicide several times by now but always seem to live through it... Suicide by love Suicide by children Suicide by a..
SUCCULENT

SUCCULENT

A Poem by Vol


On the other side of this wall, cold waitswith teeth bared and a sneerwhile I can do nothing to hold it at bay. Erato sleepswith back..
SUBSTANCE

SUBSTANCE

A Poem by Vol


The cars my father drove would wrap themselves around curves and we barely noticed the centrifugal forces, unlike the slippery aluminum an..
STROKES

STROKES

A Poem by Vol


When we first met, she used me the way Renoir used red. We danced red too, a saxophone tango, Le petite morte of..
STRAWBERRY fIELDS

STRAWBERRY fIELDS

A Poem by Vol


I sometimes did an experiment with my students because perspective is everything, well, except for the lies we tell ourselves. Bec..
STOP EVERYTHING!

STOP EVERYTHING!

A Poem by Vol


There is something about a thousand shades of green and what it does when you are alone in the woods with all that wet air and th..
STEAMROLLER

STEAMROLLER

A Poem by Vol


Enya floats in the background and something in her music reminds me of the time Sylvia took me along for a hike through the trees ..
SAINT SYLVIA

SAINT SYLVIA

A Poem by Vol


I watched her walk because she is so good at it, and as I have said, “excellence is its own reward,” I don’t know what ..
STILL LIFE

STILL LIFE

A Poem by Vol


The flutter of a newborn leaf shines like a perfect word chosen to speak the color green into the wind. Her happy shush~shush like a muted c..
STY WARDENS

STY WARDENS

A Poem by Vol


STY WARDENS When Cape Canaveral was my home, I’d watch the sky split open for our fiery tubes of hubris. I used to watch rocke..