W.k.kortas : Writing

The Pond At South Colton

The Pond At South Colton

A Poem by W.k.kortas


It had, so he recalled, no pretensions of being something so grand as a lake; Just a roundish body of water, not particularly suited f..
a small fire

a small fire

A Poem by W.k.kortas


When that day of reckoning comes (Hopefully, some light years distant; I like anyone else, cling stubbornly if not desperately To this..
The Mystery Of Faith And Cold Fronts

The Mystery Of Faith And Cold Fronts

A Poem by W.k.kortas


It had missed them, of course; He’d watched the radar on the laptop The economics guru from the Ag Extension Claimed was ind..
An Armada On The Oswegatchie

An Armada On The Oswegatchie

A Poem by W.k.kortas


She is there most any day she can wheedle and whine her mother to the water, From the intermittent teasing warmth of late March and a..
A Bit More Cruel Than April, One Imagines

A Bit More Cruel Than April, One Imagines

A Poem by W.k.kortas


April is the cruelest month, so some poet said, Likely vexed to the breaking point By its coquettish nature, alternately promising and with..
The Two Ninety-NIne Kid

The Two Ninety-NIne Kid

A Poem by W.k.kortas


The pin wobbled in a manner which would tantalize another man, But he knew, surely as he knew his own name, Knew in the very maw of his soul, ..
go chase the wild and nighttime streets, sang daddy

go chase the wild and nighttime streets, sang dadd..

A Poem by W.k.kortas


In my father’s cosmology, God rose late come Sunday morning, Having wreaked His vengeance by proxy the night before, And it was a given ..
Helen In Troy

Helen In Troy

A Poem by W.k.kortas


The bar squats at the bend in the road where Mill becomes Burden, Walls somewhat recently painted, roof re-shingled ostensibly within memory A..
A Variation On Phibby Venable's "Raggedy Ann On Edge"

A Variation On Phibby Venable's "Raggedy Ann On Ed..

A Poem by W.k.kortas


Life its ownself is powerful fond of the long goodbye, The process of moving from indispensable to incidental An incremental trip of infinite..
concerning a lion

concerning a lion

A Poem by W.k.kortas


It was an unusual saloon story, remarkably unblemished By the normal run of done-me-wrong faux-Nashville angst, Nor told with the eye-roll..