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W. Barrett Munn : Writing

(A-63) Empty Box of Chocolates

(A-63) Empty Box of Chocolates

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** The white paper sleeves lay scattered, the box has surrendered its prizes. Looted for its treasures amid days of loving ..
Watching Two Red-tailed Hawks On a Nest Built On a TV Tower Near Downtown Tulsa

Watching Two Red-tailed Hawks On a Nest Built On a..

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Names are whispers of man’s imagination; winged beasts do not name themselves. The hawks gather at the high places where ..
Gomorrah

Gomorrah

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** As he breathed life into her her breasts rose, and she awoke and stared life into the man through half-closed lids, ..
Birth of a Mortar and Pestle Used to Make Table-side Guacamole

Birth of a Mortar and Pestle Used to Make Table-si..

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** The volcano chisels the vessel from lava, the pestle gets thrown whole from the heat. A rush of darkness covers earth and ..
Mandarins

Mandarins

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Those exquisite rounds sound and look exotic, tiny orange-colored fruit piled high, echoes of a past when Asia was ..
The Reason We Beat On Drums

The Reason We Beat On Drums

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I'm certain now my beliefs mistaken, an empty glove doesn't stir. Soul holds less than soulless swallows, it's the rea..
The Ladder

The Ladder

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Twenty feet tall, knees shaking, I’m the height of the house at its peak where repairs are needed, where woodpe..
Wine Into Water

Wine Into Water

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I turned wine into water and a hangover. The irony being about the deficiency of the water I pissed into the wind of ..
Quadratic Ecclesiastic

Quadratic Ecclesiastic

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** If I were to call you a quadratic ecclesiastic wouldn't that contain a trace of redundancy along with the irony ..
Flutters of Wings

Flutters of Wings

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** The ground floor is where careers begin, squeaking sneakers on linoleum floors, needles and tu..