W. Barrett Munn : Writing

Road Trip

Road Trip

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** JESUS SAVES.So says the sign. I wonder. Is it the sign or the sign putter-upper who has such intimate knowledge..
New Year's Night

New Year's Night

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I bought a fake Rolex in New York City the night of December 31st. I wasn’t even drunk. I was cold. Manhatta..
Legs

Legs

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Not black! The pair stands alone, naked, without power, two words uttered by a professional liar, neck deep..
Medley

Medley

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** C’mon. Get real. The saints don’t march, neither coming in nor going out. I doubt the anointed of Go..
The Night I Decided I Matter

The Night I Decided I Matter

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** One dark night I lay down on the tracks, twisted wires around my ankles, connected wire to steel, steeled myself f..
Do What You Love to Do

Do What You Love to Do

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I wasn’t born with the skill set needed to climb the Matterhorn, or with the flow of cash requested by the..
Apples and Orange-Flavored Milk

Apples and Orange-Flavored Milk

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Little things make a morning: coffee, or hot tea, scrambled eggs, a bagel- but the paper isn’t de..
Cries of a New Day

Cries of a New Day

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Midnight is the cruelest hour, being the hour of an elder’s death, while a future lies still and silent, bordering on ..
The First Star I See Tonight

The First Star I See Tonight

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Don’t look down when down is in the dumps, when you’re feeling like the rump of the world, a ham or slice..
(A-101) My Favorite Teacher, Forward and Backwards

(A-101) My Favorite Teacher, Forward and Backwards

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** My teacher, Mrs. Barron, was aptly named - old enough even then to have been a baron’s bride, the ceremony like..