W. Barrett Munn : Writing

Loss

Loss

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Like a bent fender from a wreck slices tires, loss shreds my heart. It's only after, when I’m walking the path f..
(A-62)  Warm is a Color

(A-62) Warm is a Color

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


***Every few feet a courageous blade raises a light green flag, mid-Marchand the grass is trying.It's too earlyto be this warm. Wa..
Des Moines is Out of Corn

Des Moines is Out of Corn

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I heard it on the news today. Des Moines is out of corn. The result of over-selling trying to keep big boxes full. ..
Intact Artifacts

Intact Artifacts

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Intact, the ancient artifact is brushed and carefully lifted and feels the sun again, perfectly preserved by a pyroclastic m..
Fear and Loathing

Fear and Loathing

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** after Hunter S. Thompson Fear and loathing will reach Vegas a whole lot faster after the high-speed train is completed a..
Grinders

Grinders

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** The pepper grinder appears innocent enough; to peppercorns it’s a killer. A threat to morning’s two over easys. ..
Laces

Laces

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** My tennis shoe laces are mirrors that reflect my life; I never play the same hole twice at golf. Eventually I always seems t..
Birth of an Orchard

Birth of an Orchard

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** after Thomas Lux I"m seriously considering nailing these apples back on the tree. The tree looks so bare. What..
In the Amazon

In the Amazon

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** The bedeviling demon of convenience descends silently to overwhelm my desire to own the shown, things unneeded yet ..
In Panama

In Panama

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** In Panama the water sinks and it rises. Big ships slip through the open wound that's kept flushed daily b..