W. Barrett Munn : Writing

(A-107) Game of Wasted Opportunity

(A-107) Game of Wasted Opportunity

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I was cursed with just enough muscle to be unable to earn big bucks going pro. Ten wasted years inside a daydream. Time ..
First Day in a New Middle School

First Day in a New Middle School

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** My lunch pail bangs against my leg as I pull open the door to the cafeteria and allow lig..
Blue is Many Colors

Blue is Many Colors

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Blue is my favorite color. I like the zoo. The zoo is filled with blue. An orangutan blew out his brains. Too blue..
School Lessons

School Lessons

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** The superintendent of schools liveson a one-way street that leads to the high ground where consciences..
Bird Dog

Bird Dog

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** The day the duck died it was drizzling. I tasted it on my tongue. Feathers taste like water with life squee..
Gaza and a Disciple of Dylan

Gaza and a Disciple of Dylan

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** That can’t be a real child, he thought; it must be a marionette - human arms and legs don’t bend like that,..
Long Drive

Long Drive

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, not the most eloquent of speakers sitting behind the back seat of my 1969 Chevrolet Camar..
How to Choose a Watermelon

How to Choose a Watermelon

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


Big thanks to Ken e Bujold for advice
Clock Trying to Rewind

Clock Trying to Rewind

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** There goes Jim Crow with Old Crowin hand, trying hard, shoving his pen and clipboard in front of everyone who enters the ta..
Another Frankenstein

Another Frankenstein

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I bet that’s how Mary Shelley met her Frankenstein, while digging a toe into the sand beside the ocean, ..