Phil Roberts : Writing

JUKE

JUKE

A Poem by Phil Roberts


Been lost so long it feels like homeBeen high so long it feels like downBut that's alrightYea, it's okayDown hereWe all live this wayI steal and I rob..
WOMAN AT THE BAR

WOMAN AT THE BAR

A Poem by Phil Roberts


A new edition of an old poem.
HEART

HEART

A Poem by Phil Roberts


This old heart has been rivenWith cracks and fissuresAnd crumbling dust has been shedAnd the healer did not heal meSo I molded and shaped my heartInto..
STATIC

STATIC

A Poem by Phil Roberts


Time's wheels turnOn and onAnd journeys stack up behind meYears of vivid eventsAnd livid scarsTrails of crackling staticFollowed in my wakeBut I never..
NADIR

NADIR

A Poem by Phil Roberts


Never ordinaryNever easyNothing parts the seaNothing moves the earthThis is a hard worldAnd there is no give at allDon't press your face to the ground..
THE METHS MAN (Dying for a drink)

THE METHS MAN (Dying for a drink)

A Poem by Phil Roberts


Are you dead now, old manOr shall you crawl a while longerIn your stains and your stinkBecause that is not a life you leadBut something blind and stum..
A MULE CALLED IDIOT

A MULE CALLED IDIOT

A Poem by Phil Roberts


My emotional lifeIs a blind three-legged mule called IdiotHe limps around, occasionally falling overAs he wanders in circles in his darknessBecause he..
NAKED

NAKED

A Poem by Phil Roberts


Naked as SpringSeveral propositions,Like life,Offer themselves to youAnd to the heart of you.They make themselves availableAs naked as the newborn Spr..
THIS DISTANT PLACE

THIS DISTANT PLACE

A Poem by Phil Roberts


In this distant placeHigh and remoteBeyond the planet's pullGone for good and allHanging nowhereSpacial, spacious solitudeSounds appropriateCast unto ..
JUST ANOTHER DEATH-WISH DAY

JUST ANOTHER DEATH-WISH DAY

A Poem by Phil Roberts


He wakes in the morningMore tired than when he went to bedHe makes his coffee with too much milkThe TV news is pretty much the same as yesterdayJust t..