Vol : Writing

JACOB'S LADDER

JACOB'S LADDER

A Poem by Vol


Berserker. Unrestrained. Grinning. Do I look like the kind of man who would let guilt ride his neck like a monkey? Or pity t..
I DON'T OWN A WATCH

I DON'T OWN A WATCH

A Poem by Vol


If there is such a thing as time, I have often thought it must be like a book, every page an infinitely thin slice of eternity, static, w..
IT'S A LIVING

IT'S A LIVING

A Poem by Vol


I took all the girls to Jackson Falls on the Natchez Trace; it’s a comfortable ride on the motorbike. Lush trees line the clif..
IT NEVER ENDS

IT NEVER ENDS

A Poem by Vol


It is eleven thirty in the morning and the coffee has been good, but I haven’t eaten a thing, and now it’s tim..
AI LOVE

AI LOVE

A Poem by Vol


Oh, baby!your heuristic heartbeatpumps hot pulses downmy long, sensuous wires,and do such electric thingsto my transistorsyou make my lensroll back in..
INTRUSION

INTRUSION

A Poem by Vol


The conversation rolls in like the moon's red shoulder between those two hills. "You're getting old.” “I know, and ever..
INDEGESTION

INDEGESTION

A Poem by Vol


Dinner was formal at home. Every night. Forks on the left, knives and spoons on the right, my father at the head of the table. It..
IN THE LIGHT

IN THE LIGHT

A Poem by Vol


Sometimes you just hit it. You get to see things past words, like riding through a living tunnel of leaves held up by black boles when..
IN THE GARDEN

IN THE GARDEN

A Poem by Vol


In the garden of rock and roll girls I knew back then were the eyes of innocent laughter ripe for the gathering. The taste of living ..
IN SIXTY-EIGHT AND NINE

IN SIXTY-EIGHT AND NINE

A Poem by Vol


Little did we know how deep the water, Claudia, Adrianne, Joe, and I, we on the precipice, preparing for the dive of our lives. We lept..