W. Barrett Munn : Writing

Syntax Right-Branching

Syntax Right-Branching

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Wait I, in hand pen, open lies notebook page, rests it, lined and clean and white, to write ..
Breakfast

Breakfast

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Now I'm bumfuzzled. It's 7 a.m., I'm up, but I'm yet to feel hungry. Guess I'll sit here a bit and wait. Did you ever notice..
Why a Poem Made

Why a Poem Made

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


***Why a poem madethat can be saidanother way?Dreamlike but no dream,instantaneously deeper and less deep,the occult Amun-Ra alight in Phoenixrising a..
New Decoration, Same Old Me

New Decoration, Same Old Me

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** This morning there is a hideous wooden mask on my kitchen wall that I did not put there.Thisis the s**t that happens when ..
american modern haiku

american modern haiku

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


modern haiku american style
Birds

Birds

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Birds are not fliers; birds are tree-sitters. More accurately, limb-sitters; more accurately yet, sitters on small limbs i..
Who Loved Billy?

Who Loved Billy?

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** When you are three and an adult teaches you to sing, "Jesus Loves Me", you're too naive to ask why. He's a stranger, tho..
Busy Busy Busy Busy Busy

Busy Busy Busy Busy Busy

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I know you’ve had a day like this. I mean, one of those really, really days a day when you’re totally bumfuzzled..
(A-48)  Sum of My Parts

(A-48) Sum of My Parts

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Here's what I know, Doc.I know grandfather was eithera sharecropper or poorwhite trash. I know whichever it was, my father escaped.Like..
Noble at Last

Noble at Last

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Noble, Oklahoma isn't nobleat all. Its claim to fame:being rural enough for meth labs to grow in single wide rowsof single ..