Clockwork : Writing

Handyman’s Burial

Handyman’s Burial

A Poem by Clockwork


The workshop is full of the unrepaired. Peanut butter jars packed with buttons Succumb to the dementia of disuse. Toothless shirts flap ..
Six More Weeks of Winter, Please

Six More Weeks of Winter, Please

A Poem by Clockwork


Punxsutawney Phil fears his shadow As much as I do, but every winter Morning is Groundhog Day for me. I don’t know how to accept ..
Ghost Hunting

Ghost Hunting

A Poem by Clockwork


I hear my baby teeth chattering In my grandmother’s cabinet of curiosities. They search for an empty set of gums to cement ..
Siberia

Siberia

A Poem by Clockwork


I catalogue caricatures of your body when Everything is dark side of the moon and starry night. I track your snow angels like mile ..
Wilderness of Manhood

Wilderness of Manhood

A Poem by Clockwork


If Van Gogh had the breath to paint The dawning of this day, he’d name it A morning in the wilderness of manhood. The lands..
Black Toboggan

Black Toboggan

A Poem by Clockwork


Gently sloping hill polished Smooth by the nor’easter That became a blizzard. A boy’s face before manhood’s Ba..
All I Want for Christmas is Anthracite

All I Want for Christmas is Anthracite

A Poem by Clockwork


Santa -- please save a space in your Sleigh for a few spare lumps of coal. In a town of coal miners daughters, I’m the child withou..
Rocket Man

Rocket Man

A Poem by Clockwork


For TS and RZ
Children of the Fall

Children of the Fall

A Poem by Clockwork


There is an orphanage in purgatory Full of the unborn children I never Had the chance to baptize with my wife. I wear transparent I...
Stealing Home

Stealing Home

A Poem by Clockwork


I ride the pine in the dugout At the little league field In front of the public library. The sun crouches behind home plate Li..