W. Barrett Munn : Writing

Circadian Rhythm

Circadian Rhythm

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** My drums beat a Circadian rhythm attuned to the night, late evening when amperes and volts become shocks of blazing d..
High in the Desert Heat

High in the Desert Heat

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


***The eyelid crust of an all nightpartier, I excavate and I sigh. Nightstill inside me. The wineI pissed away. Should I wakeher or let her lie with h..
Would Be

Would Be

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


***Anagrams are my antithesis.I don't do crossword puzzles.Can I still be a poet?My vocabulary has limitations.I've never read Lamentations.Nor Hardy...
The Bees

The Bees

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** The bees have annexed the birdbath but want no water, no more than that already gathered at the bottom after two..
A Last Day

A Last Day

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** It is an interesting question they've tossed out on television - what would you do if you knew this was the last day of..
Sonnet for a Warming World

Sonnet for a Warming World

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** A witting price is paid at last; so this is how it ends, no bells, no shouts, no prize to win; a world so turned it spins ..
(A-88) The Pepper Grinder

(A-88) The Pepper Grinder

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Created as a device of torture, here is the pepper grinder. Some sadist marquis in a dungeon prison must have inven..
haiku 18

haiku 18

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


haiku
The Relic

The Relic

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** My dad had an itch and scratched it. That's how we came to move to the farm, not really a farm, more like ten acres tha..
Overbite

Overbite

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** It was my turn to turn sideways; after my silhouette was completed and shown to the class, all I saw was my upper lip..