Mike Melanson : Writing

her watchtower, her megaphone

her watchtower, her megaphone

A Poem by Mike Melanson


she beats her childrenwith her voice, her watchtower,her megaphonegarbage disposal, third floor windowsill sagged to formsoggy cereal, curdledcreme un..
he counted words

he counted words

A Poem by Mike Melanson


he counted words like a card mechanic,always taking careful stock of what dictionhad already been dealt, but he came to findthat he could not quantify..
go man, go (a series of haiku)

go man, go (a series of haiku)

A Poem by Mike Melanson


go ahead and goalready. if you ain't gotnothin', what's to lose?go where you want to;go to heaven, go to hell,just enjoy the ride.go and go aloneand w..
enticing fate to fancy this

enticing fate to fancy this

A Poem by Mike Melanson


if i can't spare a worthless wordand say it straight-faced, tete-a-tete,i can't pretend, nor faint to fretthat circumstance is so absurd -in ways we s..
don't sign the lease before you count the cockroaches

don't sign the lease before you count the cockroac..

A Poem by Mike Melanson


we came into town on borrowed hopescounting 37 cockroaches around the door frameand the nights i slept there added up to much lessthan two backpacks a..
alibi

alibi

A Poem by Mike Melanson


at the time,whenIsaidIwould,whateverIsaid,whateveritwas,whenIsaidIwoulddo so, orsomethingsimilar,well,Ireallywantedto dowhatIsaidIdid.
digesting man

digesting man

A Poem by Mike Melanson


flags hung for passing trains to seebeside dirty laundry and drawn blinds,hording all the air of summeras women walk the streets in smocksand turtles ..
blanket comfort with derision

blanket comfort with derision

A Poem by Mike Melanson


when clarity comes with circumstancecomes blurred as to a newborn sight,a solid stance beholds the chancewhile not the weary, fearful flightthrough in..
there's not enough time in a moment to wait

there's not enough time in a moment to wait

A Poem by Mike Melanson


This would be for Brian.
i told them that phenolphthalein was good

i told them that phenolphthalein was good

A Poem by Mike Melanson


when i was four, mom would askme to read the big wordsoff the backsof tissue boxesthey said i read goodi told themthat phenolphthalein was goodand tha..