JPatrickAusanka : Writing

Memory

Memory

A Poem by JPatrickAusanka


I remember the cold and the little cars- Little French men in little French cars on little French streets. We stayed in a little hotel. The..
Plum Wine

Plum Wine

A Poem by JPatrickAusanka


It swirls in the bottom, plum wine in a crystal glass, sweet and potent splashed over my tongue with chicken stir fry. It reminds me of cooking fo..
Last night I was

Last night I was

A Poem by JPatrickAusanka


Last night I was - beguiled by the purple moonlight, shrouded in sackcloth and ashes, stealing the soul of Wichita's Gremlin, with photographs a..
Cafe con Leche

Cafe con Leche

A Poem by JPatrickAusanka


calimocho covered streets run red with camisetas and teenagers wet from la fiesta, but would the virgin of San Lorenzo really bless this? My cafe..
The Book of I like

The Book of I like

A Poem by JPatrickAusanka


experimental and without and end...
Man, she got mad

Man, she got mad

A Poem by JPatrickAusanka


Man she got mad- took a toke and poked a jab at my ego, oh, here we go, again with the labels and how "I am so bad" for using the su..
Azula

Azula

A Poem by JPatrickAusanka


Roasting espresso beans, black as liquorice, heavy on smoke and steel barrels, aroma canvasing the senses. Azula came to roast with me in those d..
Moments of Lucidity

Moments of Lucidity

A Poem by JPatrickAusanka


I am finding moments of lucidity, in these nights rife with embellished misery. The earthy dank of books in the library take virtues an..
Stones

Stones

A Poem by JPatrickAusanka


not about the Rolling Stones
Pink Slips

Pink Slips

A Poem by JPatrickAusanka


In elementary school, I was late everyday- the commute from Burkburnett to Wichita Falls; mother slept on the couch only to wake up late ..