W. Barrett Munn : Writing

(A-39). Animals

(A-39). Animals

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Two opposing clans of orangutans screaming, riotous, facing off in battle, fighting for territory, fightng for food, for the..
The Ploughman

The Ploughman

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Am I now nothing more than a mulethat's been tetheredto a plough? Are myfeet nothing more than hoovesdragging a bladethrough soil?..
Old Watch Winding Down

Old Watch Winding Down

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Surely you are wrong. I know it. I feel it in my bones, these bones that ache with loss of youthfulness, while ..
Dance of the Speriwinkles

Dance of the Speriwinkles

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** The Speriwinkles come a dancing each with a Sperismile corner jugger is blowing tunes heard for a quarter mile..
Weight Near the River Styx

Weight Near the River Styx

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I always wanted to be considered a fine poet, not a prince, not a president but a former of words into lines and sta..
What I Wrote Standing in a Food Line Waiting for Free Food

What I Wrote Standing in a Food Line Waiting for F..

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


***Trying to make senseof nonsensicalplucked at randomfrom my cerebelluma searchfor new wordsfor birds, diasporaof thoughts aboutself-immolation, flas..
Bequeath These Bright Lights

Bequeath These Bright Lights

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Here I am once again, sitting once again talking to myself in pen, once again talking to myself talking to you i..
Continuum**

Continuum**

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


**Published in San Antonio Review 2023
Doubling Up

Doubling Up

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Our house isn’t really a house; our home sits on wheels, a trailer, a single-wide on the left side ..
(A-38)   An Unexpected Lesson

(A-38) An Unexpected Lesson

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** It’s morning, early, white vapors girdle the trees, and I shiver sitting alone on a fallen log, a dark lump on a white c..