Vol : Writing

BALM

BALM

A Poem by Vol


When we were young and smooth we did the things required of us to cut our network of brainways, the paths our thoughts would forever follow..
AT LAST

AT LAST

A Poem by Vol


AT LAST On my veranda I watch beads of sweat slide down the glass of ale I use to get over something I’m not sure of, perhap..
APPEARANCE

APPEARANCE

A Poem by Vol


It was just another day. The heat was as thick as the cloud of dust my car kicked up on the dirt road to my friend’s house, an oasis ..
ANXIETY

ANXIETY

A Poem by Vol


By the goldfish pond at the end of the walk, a spider builds a snare for thirsty prey in the overhanging sage and rosemary, a dead..
AMHÁIN AMHÁIN DON BHÓTHAR  (Gaelic, "one more time for the road")

AMHÁIN AMHÁIN DON BHÓTHAR (Gaelic, "one more t..

A Poem by Vol


My philosophy professor said, “The air in ancient Greece was so clean and clear that people could see tiny details of distant moun..
TREES I'VE LOVED

TREES I'VE LOVED

A Story by Vol


memoir
All in

All in

A Poem by Vol


A love poem
AIR CONDITIONED

AIR CONDITIONED

A Poem by Vol


AIR CONDITIONED From my fat chair I can see through the bay window that the robins and wrens are replaced by shoals of starl..
ABSOLUTE ZERO

ABSOLUTE ZERO

A Poem by Vol


A Texas wind kicked the September Equinox into placetoday and left it lying in the Amarillo mud. The smellof the herd next doorwafted green throu..
STAINS

STAINS

A Poem by Vol


STAINS Everyone dreams of perfection, we have the word,if not the thing itself.When I was very small, my parents thoughtit would bemy ..