W. Barrett Munn : Writing

Ramblings of an Unkempt Mind

Ramblings of an Unkempt Mind

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


Ramblings of an Unkempt Mind Oed' und leer das Meer. You think I stole it? Ha! Of course I stole it. You don't ..
Sky the Color of Clouds

Sky the Color of Clouds

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


---There should be a rationing stationfor replenishing broken hearts,a filling station, so to speak, to refill soulswhen times arrive thatflatten word..
(710) Writing the Final Pages

(710) Writing the Final Pages

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


Today is the beginning of the end of my life. I never saw it coming. Now that I see, now that it’s here, a question..
My Neighborhood

My Neighborhood

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


***When you live where I live,where paisley walls stare you downbeside the blue rug floors that never shave,tattooed walls outside to walk besideand y..
Back When Cars Were Blind

Back When Cars Were Blind

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


The best man I never knew was my very own father; maybe that's how it is with everyone; but I doubt it. The world..
Writing the Final Pages

Writing the Final Pages

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


The beginning of the end of my life arrives, and I never saw it coming, but now that I see, and now that it's here, a q..
Homesick

Homesick

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


I am desperatelyhomesick for whom I used to be, unshackled from a world I want no part untied to spiritless ghosts of tomorrow waiting ..
Morning in the Nursing Home Hallway

Morning in the Nursing Home Hallway

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


Morning in the Nursing Home Hallway White hair is thin like yarmulkes made of years; weary spirits, a haunted Greyhound station.
The Distinction of Being Alive

The Distinction of Being Alive

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


The Distinction of Being Alive I notice a tiny red ant crawling across the kitchen windowsill. I hear a branch scrape the window-- ..
Road Rage When Traffic Ceases to Move

Road Rage When Traffic Ceases to Move

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


*** Shortly after bumpersaccidentally bump comes the blaring of bad-mannered horns, a cacophony of freeway chaos:cars stuck, s..