W. Barrett Munn : Writing

Natural Ways

Natural Ways

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I read about chimpanzees sending out advance scouts just like we humans do in wars, and although nature collects..
A Collapse Seen in a Doctor’s Office Waiting Room

A Collapse Seen in a Doctor’s Office Waiting..

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I'm reading it in a magazine so I don't know if the news is an infant or middle-aged. My sigh belongs to an octogenarian borrow..
Hibernation

Hibernation

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I likely died a little last night; the effects of alcohol on the human body are immense. And I wonder if last night ..
Roofers

Roofers

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** They arrive a swarm of locusts intent on bare stripping what is there, unmasking board, house defenseless ..
What's Left is the Missing

What's Left is the Missing

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Truly magnificent is this old frame hand carved from some dark wood, not overly large, the size of the Mona Lisa, but emp..
The Name Game

The Name Game

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** "Shirley, Shirley Bo-ber-ley" The flaw in the name game is to play you must first remember a name. I meant to writ..
Soft Sounds

Soft Sounds

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Alexis playing softjazzas I write; it's hard not to go crazy, melt into the invisible, become something similar ..
(A-32) The Proletariat

(A-32) The Proletariat

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Every other step brings a puff of white from his lips, lunch pail bangs against his thigh, heavy black boots an..
Hospice Care

Hospice Care

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Outside my twin glass doors, the zinnias and marigolds are freezing, bareheaded and shivering, wearing frost like w..
Songwriters

Songwriters

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Jackson Browne lived upstairs; we don't know who lived below the original eagle, the one taking notes to keys and to w..