W.k.kortas : Writing

"Amazing Grace" As Heard In Various Venues, Troy, New York

"Amazing Grace" As Heard In Various Venues, Troy, ..

A Poem by W.k.kortas


It is undeniable, when in the embrace of the great pipe organ At the venerable old Episcopal church on Third Street, Or wholly encircled ..
Another Highway 61, Cautiously Re-visited

Another Highway 61, Cautiously Re-visited

A Poem by W.k.kortas


It is decommissioned, off-limits, outright verboten, Yet is traversed nonetheless, Its patrons a mix of the pruriently curious, The t..
Lines Fashioned (After A Fashion) After Wilfred Owen's "Anthem for Doomed Youth"

Lines Fashioned (After A Fashion) After Wilfred Ow..

A Poem by W.k.kortas


Bovine-like, we shall meet our deaths (Such is the scythe the reaper wields) No matter that the final breaths Come in stockyards or p..
lesser lyrics for ellie greenwich

lesser lyrics for ellie greenwich

A Poem by W.k.kortas


They fall upon us over the spillways of time, Burbling at us through some Radio Free Nostalgia Courtesy of some college station sitting at ..
It Is Rumored That The Ox And Lamb Kept Time

It Is Rumored That The Ox And Lamb Kept Time

A Poem by W.k.kortas


If you put the question to, say, one Ben Haramed, He would, as befits a wily old desert jackal, Find such notions of faith and fidelity ..
muted notes for larry burchart, among others

muted notes for larry burchart, among others

A Poem by W.k.kortas


We’d make the journey, Hannibal-esque in nature, Either on foot (even on the most dogged of the dog days When the antidiluvian tar ..
the new dogs

the new dogs

A Poem by W.k.kortas


There was, every spring, a new batch of pups, Yipping, nipping, clumsy balls of nappy fur, Looking for all the world like speckled tennis ..
A Variation Upon Randall Jarrell's "A Woman At The Washington Zoo"

A Variation Upon Randall Jarrell's "A Woman At The..

A Poem by W.k.kortas


They walk--no, more likely, they saunter, Embassy functionaries, associate profs at G-Dub, A smorgasbord of polka dots and vitae, Leopa..
Spring In Prague, 1968, When A Young Man's Fancy Turned To Not Having His A*s Shot Off.

Spring In Prague, 1968, When A Young Man's Fancy T..

A Poem by W.k.kortas


Tanks roll Implacably; Radio Free Europe plays “On Broadway”, ode to pawnshops, pimps, w****s.
A Young Woman At Colleville-sur-Mer, c. 1956

A Young Woman At Colleville-sur-Mer, c. 1956

A Poem by W.k.kortas


She slumped by the archway of the chapel, Forlorn, beaten in fact; She had come to these grounds from Plattsburgh, (Cold, martial little city..