W. Barrett Munn : Writing

First Love

First Love

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** When I say first love what I really mean is birth of a feeling I’d never felt before, an awakening of a something t..
(A-120) Here Lies Lineage

(A-120) Here Lies Lineage

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** My lineage, as far as I can follow, appears to have all believed the proper place for man on his knees in supplication..
On Learning to be Still

On Learning to be Still

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I want to live a satisfied life without clamor or rancor. I am the spade turning over resentment., Home is..
Watchful Countdown

Watchful Countdown

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** The yellowed newspaper the nurse hands Mama succeeds in capturing her attention, her fingers trace patterns on the..
How the Light

How the Light

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


(There is a crack, a crack in everything That's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen, Anthem)
So That's the Deal

So That's the Deal

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Tippy gave a canoe to Tyler so Tyler could have one too. It was such a lovely present Tyler was hesitant to accept. Caj..
Nearing Halloween

Nearing Halloween

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** In the early evening distance, I see a figure of a man walking towards me. That is, I believe him human as it is foggy..
Illumination

Illumination

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


Back out of all this now too much for us - from Frost's "Directive"
A Few Haiku

A Few Haiku

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


5 of them
haiku

haiku

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


washboardzydeco still eight hours awayfrom Baton Rouge