Barrow Poems - Poems about Barrow

Revealing Venus

...The sculptor became jaded with prostitutes
the young ones were vacuous,
their bodies unleavened bread.
The mature subjects
scored by the violence of disappointment.
Both the naive and the world-...

All in a Good Days Work

...
Sitting there watching from the corner of my eye
From my kitchen window, what did I see?
A leprechaun rolling his wheel barrow in his finery
Full of gold coins entering a black door 
I ...

Ration

...Reality is rising out of the earth, mixing water with dirt, the children are playing in the mud from morning until sun down and the crisis in the street have disrupted the long awaited peace, and I p...

Ration

...Reality is rising out of the earth, mixing water with dirt, the children are playing in the mud from morning until sun down and the crisis in the street have disrupted the long awaited peace, and I p...

The Wanderer, Part II, translation of the ancient Anglo-Saxon poem

...The Wanderer, Part II

Awakening, the friendless man confronts the murky waves,
the seabirds bathing, broadening out their feathers,
the hoar-frost, harrowing hail & snow eternally falling…

Th...

Calling

...I hear them calling out my name but I could not tell from were
I heard the chorus from the big orchestra in the open air playing a rendition above the water and the sound of the giant whale splashin...

The Gauntlet

...Step where I have stepped,
tread where I have trod,
weep what I have wept
and crawl where I have clawed.

Then, and only then,
may you judge what I've selected -
only then have you earned my y...

Bonnie and Clyde Legacy

...the 1934 model 40 B Fordor deluxe sedan idled outside the gas station
Inside was Clyde Barrow, who was robbing the place
His moll, Bonnie Parker, sat inside the car, holding a shotgun

these noto...

Gemini Garden

..."Birds care not for whom they sing" - Silent One

For infants who feel the art of hearing for the first time...
For kids who don't distinguish between a rhyme and a chime...
For children growing ...

The Ocean Dirt

...The heat is blazing underneath the earth and the ocean is polluted with plastic, mud and dirt, the sediment in the sea bed has reach the depth and the sea animals that roam the ocean floor feeds on t...

The Tangled Inheritance: A Family's Strife

...In the aftermath of the bachelor's silent closure,
A plot with a building, wearied and older,
The nephew-in-law seeks to resolve the tangle,
Amidst power struggles, an intricate wrangle.

Uncert...

The End of Chumley's Tavern

...I’ve strolled down Bedford from Barrow,
maybe a couple times or more.
When I would get to 86,
I headed through the garden door.

I felt inspiration flowing,
from the rafters down to the floor.
...

Blink of An Eye

...At 20 I never thought I’d have to work as hard
as I am at 60.
At 40 I never thought I wouldn’t want to.
Today I’m having my doubts.
A few days ago a man in town died suddenly
while out mowing hi...

Chapter 84-- Damian Delilah Mallory: Quest

...Date: December 2040

Damian is on the phone speaking 
With architects.  He made
Airline and hotel reservations.
 Soon Afterwards he went 
To Molly and caressed her away from
From a sweet dream...

Level

...I have been on a roller coaster ride, on a bid to survive; I have been on a Rolla coaster ride with destiny gallivanting by my side. I have inherited an empty barrel with grease saturated at the bott...

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