Rod Zinkel : Writing

To Dorothy Parker

To Dorothy Parker

A Poem by Rod Zinkel


Men who have class won't say you have a big a*s.
But Your License Says You're Forty-six

But Your License Says You\'re Forty-six

A Poem by Rod Zinkel


Written under the influence of Dorothy Parker.
Love of an Amateur, Second Try

Love of an Amateur, Second Try

A Poem by Rod Zinkel


I think I shall never see ... no, that's been done. I will never know a poem as lovely as Stacy ... a poem as soft as her lacy bra ... wait, what..
Love of an Amateur

Love of an Amateur

A Poem by Rod Zinkel


She stands like the lily's pistil, erect ... wait, that's not right ... alert. Her skin reflects like glossy aspen leaves, blindingly white under t..
Maribel

Maribel

A Poem by Rod Zinkel


There is an ancient place in a town called Maribel, hidden from passersby, hidden within a dell. Moss grows over scattered rocks, maple le..
My Life Has a Color Scheme

My Life Has a Color Scheme

A Poem by Rod Zinkel


Revision of You Can Tell a Lot About Someone, and can work as an example of how a writing exercise, (as seen in the Lotus Eater's group), can evolve i..
Riddle #1

Riddle #1

A Poem by Rod Zinkel


For a creative writing exercise in the Lotus Eater's group. Based on Anglo-Saxon riddles.
For Sale: Raft Made of Oil Drums

For Sale: Raft Made of Oil Drums

A Poem by Rod Zinkel


from the early seventies, before the environment ruined everything. It waited above twenty feet of water, thirty yards from shore, a deck that onl..
One Way

One Way

A Poem by Rod Zinkel


There’s a boy who stands knee-high to a July corn stalk. He stares one way down the dirt road his mother has gone. He finds Fortune has ..
Self Image

Self Image

A Poem by Rod Zinkel


He’s dumb as rocks, someone said. A quiet man, broad-shouldered and heavy-set, thick-necked and blue-collared, steel-tipped and reinforced, ..