W. Barrett Munn : Writing

Evolution of Pattern Recognition, 1959

Evolution of Pattern Recognition, 1959

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** A grandmother arches her wrist, snips fabric into various shapes and sizesthat match the paper patterns attached; a new dress for a g..
On Thinking About Science

On Thinking About Science

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** (after T.S. Eliot) If we observe carefully. If we're careful. If by careful observation we mean obsession with accurac..
Writers in the Attics

Writers in the Attics

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** (after Charles Bukowski) There is a lonely laggard living inside me, so tiny as to be invisible, sometimes living in my h..
Sacrificing Marbled Meats

Sacrificing Marbled Meats

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Why isn't marbled meat round? The white stuff is the fatted calf sliced into cook-sized chunks grown up. The sizzle co..
Liaison of Ideas

Liaison of Ideas

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** If not for malaise I could have liaised with the squid to keep calamari off the menu. Poor folk eat cray..
Tea That Tastes of Peanuts

Tea That Tastes of Peanuts

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** My Earl Grey is made. Do made men in Sicily sip tea? Or are they made to guzzle rot-gut whiskey where volcanic smok..
(A-89) The Man Who Bought and Sold Houses (pfp)

(A-89) The Man Who Bought and Sold Houses (pfp)

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** He thought of himself as oneof his grandmother’s gewgaws, neverquite finding the right place on the shelfto fit in, picked up and..
The Younger Brother

The Younger Brother

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I had a brother. I don't any longer. Between those two is a story but you don't want to hear a story do you? ..
Chips and Dips

Chips and Dips

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** His nose is wide and flat, (this abomination that adorns our kitchen), and it covers about a third of his face. His h..
Diffuse

Diffuse

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** As the day is born,regardlesswhere I lookthere's gentlenessin the lightthat holdsclose the Granny Smith applesand barely brushes t..