Samuel Ferris : Writing

The Asylum of the Incendiary Word

The Asylum of the Incendiary Word

A Chapter by Samuel Ferris


The incendiary word hoversabove the tongues of all self proclaimedreceivers;all who have thoughtthat they had seen a ghostor spoken with the dead,all ..
More than a window, less than a word

More than a window, less than a word

A Chapter by Samuel Ferris


I am more than window.More than a thin transparent sheetof glass finally showing signsof liquidity after years stillness,years of allowing light to pa..
Storm Chasers

Storm Chasers

A Poem by Samuel Ferris


The hot up-flow rising againstthe cool column of airstarts to spin;there are those whowould chase youpassed death and oninto the funneling eye,and whe..
Pulse

Pulse

A Poem by Samuel Ferris


If i am realthen your slender fingerswill stop at my skin.I will feel the pulseof your thumbsand the warmthof your palmspressed against my owntired ha..
Antithesis

Antithesis

A Poem by Samuel Ferris


The young boywas taken and tossedinto the trash of the alley.The mother sank to her kneesat the news of her new founduselessness.The god said:let ther..
Permutation and Inuendo

Permutation and Inuendo

A Poem by Samuel Ferris


The boy turned on the lamp.The lamp turned on the boy.The boy turned the lamp on.The lamp turned the boy on.
Precipice

Precipice

A Poem by Samuel Ferris


Breath slowly,we have come up on it.It has been a long and difficult roadbut we have finally arrivedat the equatorial linewhere all that is left on th..
Windy Night, Spirals of leaves and Street Lamps

Windy Night, Spirals of leaves and Street Lamps

A Poem by Samuel Ferris


The lot lit up in orange lightwas overgrown with the little thingspeople left behind: papers,cigarettes, coffee cups,piles of dead leaves andperennial..
Invention

Invention

A Poem by Samuel Ferris


I try to have one thought a day worth saving.This was todays.

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