W. Barrett Munn : Writing

Flying High

Flying High

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** It feels so good to be soaring, flyingfree and filled with light, the mysteries of the next payment due forgotten inside t..
Using My New Words

Using My New Words

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I want to be exuberant, exuberant, I tell you! But there’s a bug and there is pavement where my lush gard..
Starry Night Paint-by-Numbers

Starry Night Paint-by-Numbers

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** First day as a Boy Scout. First time in the woods. First time to try to sleep outside all night where creepy crawlies c..
Seeing Paris by Wheelchair

Seeing Paris by Wheelchair

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** These off-colored carrots are overcooked mush. The flat Salisbury steak has no taste. The white sliced bread is ser..
There Will Be Hell to Pay

There Will Be Hell to Pay

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


A 4-line poem.
(A-113) tanka 3

(A-113) tanka 3

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


“TANKA. The lyric poem of Japanese literature, composed of 31 unrhymed ‘sound symbols’; tanka in English have generally been in five..
tanka

tanka

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


“TANKA. The lyric poem of Japanese literature, composed of 31 unrhymed ‘sound symbols’; tanka in English have generally been in five..
January 21, 2025

January 21, 2025

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** The deciding vote cast was an electoral college freshman. A genuine believer, easily duped. Too late now to cry foul. Ev..
Whale Watching on Pluto

Whale Watching on Pluto

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** There is a quibble about the drivel being spouted by a great orange whale. Blow hole golf balls don’t coun..
Being Concerned with the Birth of the Universe

Being Concerned with the Birth of the Universe

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** The steeple is a penis; sky is the vagina. Sins, and all the church walls, are whitewashed; I’m clueless what the cloud..