W.k.kortas : Writing

in which we respectfully, but firmly, take issue with crane's "black riders came from the sea".

in which we respectfully, but firmly, take issue w..

A Poem by W.k.kortas


It’s perfect nonsense to suggest that, be it venal or mortal, It announces itself with fanfare and hullabaloo, All but taking out a ..
anita, on a different plane of mourning.

anita, on a different plane of mourning.

A Poem by W.k.kortas


The only question was whether they would kill me or not: All their fumbling and grappling with hooks and buttons, Hurried and unfocused,..
the couple at the bottom of the world

the couple at the bottom of the world

A Poem by W.k.kortas


They’d signed on for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, Though they’d never dreamed that poor and sick Would arrive ..
In Which The Late Rod Serling Speaks From His Plot, Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken, New York

In Which The Late Rod Serling Speaks From His Plot..

A Poem by W.k.kortas


We need more Martians, they nattered at me all the time, More monsters--people like to be scared, as if those callow youngsters, Growing up..
Movie Day Is "Paddle To The Sea"

Movie Day Is "Paddle To The Sea"

A Poem by W.k.kortas


We’d known each other forever, or all the time that counted, anyways, Together from kindergarten on, riding the same bus ..
In Which Anna Marie Clute, Of All People, Drfits Back To Montmorenci Falls

In Which Anna Marie Clute, Of All People, Drfits B..

A Poem by W.k.kortas


She has maintained a steadfast and prudent distance From places she would have to fabricate answers to tiresome inquiries: The ageless Re..
but where would all the calculators go?

but where would all the calculators go?

A Poem by W.k.kortas


I’d heard a story in that proverbial once upon a time (Though its origins are hazy, at best, to me now: Perhaps something my son ..
jumping toyota

jumping toyota

A Poem by W.k.kortas


He wears shorts that merit the term, old leather Converse All-Stars Cracked and faded as the berm of the back roads in this o..
Virgil Ennid In The North Country

Virgil Ennid In The North Country

A Poem by W.k.kortas


He will allow, if you press him on the point, That it can be a hard go sometimes; Holsteins have no concept of weekends, he will say, Or..
inas, for now

inas, for now

A Story by W.k.kortas


She came to her particular station in life in some proverbial once upon a time, in the realm of some ancient king--perhaps one of the tr..