Sweetwater Poems

Years ago, hot summer romance;
Young hearts never had a chance.
Quaint and backwoods southern town;
She never got her wedding gown.

Promised to love 'til endless time;
Sudden brief affair; rapt, sublime.
Picnic lunches, days at fair;
Lived without one single care.

Her parents did not approve.
Her...Read More

Interview with The Dead Boy -Raymond Mizsak

So Raymond, do you know what happened to you? Why you died?

Yeah, I know what happened to me, man, 
but I don’t remember it happening, 
Cause I was in my sleeping bag sleeping, 
I...Read More

Desires fulfilled under amethyst skies


Soothing the sounds of our tempted hearts beating
Satin your skin glistens bright in the sun
Sweetwater lips made for endlessly kissing
Eyes now insist that our day is not done

Silhouettes form on a promise laced sunset
Apricot heavens in...Read More

The new 950-ton bridge would beat
down time dashing to classes cheat
ting vulnerability asper thick traffic 
     putting life at risk, 
     thus laudatory alternative
 
     intending to offer Sweetwater 
     to last a lifetime would make fleet
(installed at Florida International University, 
 ...Read More

I asked for strength for the journey
But its in the journey I find the strength
I hear lost souls cry out
These are more than just words that I think
Yeah I'm on the brink of disaster
Lady Luck I'll come by and see...Read More

Yeah, just grab an old rusty shovel, a case of Bud Light and hop in the back of my red
pickup truck, because us country boys are heading down to Sweetwater Creek to hunt for
some rare species of dictionary. Boy, don't...Read More