W. Barrett Munn : Writing

Sudden Break

Sudden Break

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** This is where crazy started, here at this farmer’s market between the asparagus and purple sheen of the eggplants,..
Failure to Follow

Failure to Follow

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** My father escaped the family farm, escaped the gees and haws guiding mules requires, escaped the loamy earth that gave birth each year to..
(A-141) I Speak No Merch

(A-141) I Speak No Merch

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** What the hell did Hoda just say? I hit replay on the remote and listen. It’s my own fault for tuning in the ..
Civil Unrest

Civil Unrest

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** The vet tells me my dog is dying. So, it will finally come down to a measure of time, the ups and downs of a see-saw, the hi..
Lessons in Waiting

Lessons in Waiting

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** It is not grief itself that is so trying -- when grandmother goes we’ll know again that roaring forest fire that eventuall..
Off with His Head

Off with His Head

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** That thick white umbrella cap rising from the ground under that tree -- is that an edible mushroom or is it poison..
Haiku 111147

Haiku 111147

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


haiku
A Slaughterhouse Smells Worse than You Can Imagine

A Slaughterhouse Smells Worse than You Can Imagine

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** The man carrying a pearl-handled pistol walks into the small private school Eruptions from the muzzle seem unreal. Amazingly, a few hours..
Songs to Dream Beside

Songs to Dream Beside

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I want to believe it’s a dream. I’m wrestling a bear dressed in the skin of a mountain lion with arms o..
Near-Death Experience of an Atheist

Near-Death Experience of an Atheist

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Gold and alabaster gates floating on a bank of creamy pillowed clouds. There’s Aunt Jane, holding an emerald platter ..