Vol : Writing

BORROWED TIME

BORROWED TIME

A Poem by Vol


There sure are a lot of us! We said so in the sixties, called ourselves a “population EXPLOSION!” (3.5 billion) Knew way back the..
BOGARTIN'

BOGARTIN'

A Poem by Vol


His name was wrong… “Bob” Carr blue-collar job Bob sitting there with hair half-way down his back flannel skew-button..
BLUE JEANS

BLUE JEANS

A Poem by Vol


You laughed. then left for a walkacross the countryside throughthe rough bark of trees and the jagged edges of rocks strung out along the bedof ..
BLOWN

BLOWN

A Poem by Vol


We met in the icy watersof ablue lake one hot day in July. In that bright afternoon we splashed and grew close in the dark under someone'sraft...
BLISS

BLISS

A Poem by Vol


In the shade of wild trees grew muscadine vines, and in our Tarzan youth we would swing out on them from the top of cliffs ..
BLAME STARBUCKS

BLAME STARBUCKS

A Poem by Vol


An article on the internet says a recent review of roughly 100 studies notes that while caffeine enhances physical, cognitive and motor p..
BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN

BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN

A Poem by Vol


BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN The song on the radio says it’s a crying shame and makes me remember when time was candy. On the be..
THE BIG EMPTY

THE BIG EMPTY

A Poem by Vol


Sometimes the furnace burns low,and the embers slumber like a poolof dragon eyes, winking red. I get lazy when the fuel is too farawayto sto..
BETRAYED

BETRAYED

A Poem by Vol


The sun opens his mouth and speaks with salt words scorched from the sea and has not yet said all he knows about that. He speaks ..
BARBARA JEAN

BARBARA JEAN

A Poem by Vol


Sometimes at the edge of the pastureunder the forest eaves, the soft greens of spring slide through my eyesand paint the curves and shadows of ..