W. Barrett Munn : Writing

Apples Crowded Together in the Bottom of a Basket on the Kitchen Table

Apples Crowded Together in the Bottom of a Basket ..

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Why do these pink-red apples bunch together in the bottom of this wicker basket? Are they cold? Is that why they huddl..
A Weighty Decision

A Weighty Decision

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


Thank you to Ken e Bujold for editing suggestions.
More Than Missing

More Than Missing

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


Thanks to Ken e Bujold for editing suggestions.
The Need to Believe in 2023

The Need to Believe in 2023

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Belief is a hideous word. How can that be true? Acceptance seems key, the tick, tick, tick of our brain-cell clocks thr..
(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..