Ted Kniffen : Writing

What Time of Night Do Eyes Turn Back

What Time of Night Do Eyes Turn Back

A Poem by Ted Kniffen


What Time of Night Do Eyes Turn Back to black canvas stretching thin to catch the emerging breeze racing through the darkness? ..
Minnow

Minnow

A Poem by Ted Kniffen


Minnow Newton’s vast wasteland stretches out before us. A nuclear winter where nothing lives or breathes or grows. ..
Mirror

Mirror

A Poem by Ted Kniffen


Mirror A young boy looks in. After the not long prime years an old man looks back.
Seperate Cars

Seperate Cars

A Poem by Ted Kniffen


Separate Cars Will you ride with me, deride me, or decide how many walk side by side, hand in hand, crossing against the lig..
Robin

Robin

A Poem by Ted Kniffen


Robin Morning heat rises Robins bounce through the sprinkler Cherry blossoms dance.
Deluge

Deluge

A Poem by Ted Kniffen


Deluge Demand for daylight. New storms roll across old fields as darkness descends young stalks of grain bend as a fiery b..
Homage

Homage

A Poem by Ted Kniffen


Homage Not yet ... not yet ... not yet the wind weeps the old limb creaks beneath the weight toes barely skim the dirt friction ..
Barbecue

Barbecue

A Poem by Ted Kniffen


Barbecue Bring your own spirits. Trust that you identify correctly as done. What does it matter? We look back, yet..
Write or Wrong

Write or Wrong

A Poem by Ted Kniffen


Write or Wrong Do not play with your words, eat all on your plate, like famished or hungry, ravenous or sate. You could ..
Oh Well

Oh Well

A Poem by Ted Kniffen


Oh Well The truth of old age? One second, you’re young, then old. It sneaks up on you.