W. Barrett Munn : Writing

The Benefit of Wearing a Seiko Watch

The Benefit of Wearing a Seiko Watch

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I like this watch. It helps me with math; It makes me subtract five minutes. No batteries. It's self-winding if worn o..
(A-96) Red Beans and Rice

(A-96) Red Beans and Rice

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** are a legacy of New Orleans, a delicacy of days of cooking slowly on low heat, sweltering in a slinky black slip, cut ..
Avalanche

Avalanche

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I am the grand shelf that rests above a slippery layer, perfectly poised for pictures to portray on a holiday card, of..
Learned After 55 Years of Watching Horror Movies

Learned After 55 Years of Watching Horror Movies

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Everyonelooks better in black and white. Jump scares can get you to second base unless you jump first. Slime ..
A Sailor Learns to Tie Knots

A Sailor Learns to Tie Knots

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I Googled a website that listed all my high school classmates, graduating class 1969. How can I still be alive? The memorial se..
Table for One

Table for One

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Dinner at the diner with Dianne was kind of nice, no, definitely nice, decidedly nice, desperately, we tried to hold o..
As Luck Would Hve It

As Luck Would Hve It

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** It would have been better had it happened earlier. I wasn't the luckiest of fellows. Better late than never, comes ..
One Day with My Pen in Hand

One Day with My Pen in Hand

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** It was morning, and I was in a thick pine forest I’d never seen before, hopelessly lost, hunting for words and phra..
haiku 101

haiku 101

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


modern American