W. Barrett Munn : Writing

Stretching Out Time in Frankfurt

Stretching Out Time in Frankfurt

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** If your goal is to have more time, try standing in line in Frankfurt at the airport where arriving passports are checked and dou..
(A-74)  A Haibun titled Croakers

(A-74) A Haibun titled Croakers

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


Haibun of modern style, lined rather than prose.
Fear is a Cautious Horse

Fear is a Cautious Horse

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Fear is the cautious horse I've ridden all my adult life. I don't call it fear. I call it good sense, as in, I have better..
Springtime and the Cubs

Springtime and the Cubs

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Springtime is showing why it's spring-it's coiled, ready to unwind and it's much colder today, a chill wind back a..
Sky High Plumbing Costs

Sky High Plumbing Costs

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Midair collision barely avoided 600 souls will now safely land. Stress is a pair of vice grips, we controller..
The Fine Art of Finishing Last

The Fine Art of Finishing Last

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I consider myself civilized. I’m a diet grape soda instead of hoped for cola, or at worst, ginger ale. I..
Writer's Life

Writer's Life

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I'm late to start already. My ideas have fled. My pen is scratching where there is no itch and my itches are out of ink. ..
Visitation

Visitation

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** These mint-striped fudge cookies are from a store; my aunt claims she made them. I can tell the difference between sto..
Had You Asked, I

Had You Asked, I

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Had you asked, I would have jumped at the chance to get your car out of the garage. You didn't ask-you assumed. ..
Young Love

Young Love

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Thursday after classes I got you pregnant, and our carefree teen lives ended badly. Passion, white-hot lava, stea..