W. Barrett Munn : Writing

(A-46)  Challenger

(A-46) Challenger

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Do you remember where you were when dreams broke apart above Florida, pieces fell like streaks of rain running down a w..
haiku

haiku

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


new American haiku
Have You Tried Guavas?

Have You Tried Guavas?

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Have you tried guavas? I'd never tried guavas I bought a guava. So to it I guava try. I made guavamole I watched Guava..
It's Only Water

It's Only Water

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** It's only water muttered the pier as waves crashed and roared. It's only water said the sand as waves rolled and battere..
Crossing Caney Creek Bridge at Five

Crossing Caney Creek Bridge at Five

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** To understand you have to be 5, a child awash in dust smokeand trappedin a back seat benchseat streakingtowards a wooden plank bridg..
On Christmas Eve the mall rings out.

On Christmas Eve the mall rings out.

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** When the shooting starts, the matter of which sweater, Calvin Klein blue or Ralph Lauren Red becomes insignificant.We run; ..
The Smaller Universe

The Smaller Universe

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


***Our closest staris on a sidewalkin front of Grauman'sChinese theater.No stars from heavena journey too farand too cold to reach shoreas anything bu..
Chasing the Tides

Chasing the Tides

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** On the surface of the seas the seas are always churning.I've never witnessed calm. Below the surfaceseas’ drowned dead,..
My Language

My Language

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Come with me my little darlings time’s arrived for toil lighthearted banter a significant address a tome written i..
Red Beans and Rice

Red Beans and Rice

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Red beans boilingsausage fried.Timeto startthe cornbread, to drift,get lost. Thanksgiving morning sage dressing and mother clu..