W. Barrett Munn : Writing

Bottommost

Bottommost

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** (after A.R. Ammons) In every silo the bottommost grain is filled with self-loathing, buried there beneath all those tin..
Risking It

Risking It

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** The package says Family Size, a hundred and twenty brown and tan cookies sandwiched around a dense ..
The Gift Bearer

The Gift Bearer

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Back from Paris after visiting her half-brother and his wife, my daughter brought me a gift she’d bought, ..
Jones Is Reminiscing At the Late Night Diner

Jones Is Reminiscing At the Late Night Diner

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I’ve known a few women named Sharon and one Laura McGrath. This girl was Karen. We met dealing with our mental ..
Considering the Steady Resale Value It’s Almost Free

Considering the Steady Resale Value It’s Alm..

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** I should get me oneof those diesel-burningbehemoths with leather seatsand a hundred-thousand unused miles lefton its odometer, provided..
National and Transactional is Losing the Battle

National and Transactional is Losing the Battle

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Like a snake sheds its skin, the tamarack loses its gaudy golden grandeur, and stands bare on the toes of Lake Erie, hissing ..
River Blues

River Blues

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Wade with me, Divine One, stand above and slightly to the right -- the light there better for jettisoning smelly old hab..
Senseless Wandering

Senseless Wandering

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** It’s only when that snake, the tamarack, strips down, and mud has filled the bog, beliefs have become leather goods lef..
Well, Well, Said the Rope

Well, Well, Said the Rope

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** It’s only when you’re required to reach, and reach deeply as you dare into the bottomless well to draw wat..
Lighthouse

Lighthouse

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


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