john alan willox : Writing

make amends

make amends

A Poem by john alan willox


i wonder ifyou rememberthat day ?that 45th birth-daywhen you said,"i think we should see other people".and i thought:"i guess one of us already is".it..
memory

memory

A Poem by john alan willox


your memoryate me like a date,on a calendar without a year,in a time best left forgotten.i have no idea why my alzheimersdoesn't work with you.
untitled

untitled

A Poem by john alan willox


todayis spelledmelancholy.cloudy, wet and smells of worms.this is not springthere are no robins,only crows,circling,short spirals of flightgoing nowhe..
like

like

A Poem by john alan willox


whendid the wordlikebecome a verbal apostrophy?or is it likejust me?
used to be

used to be

A Poem by john alan willox


i used to be a shadow, afraid of the dark. with your teeth for fingernails you stroked my head and ate my thoughts...
collapsed

collapsed

A Poem by john alan willox


a heart collapsed over cold coffee:her brothersaid - "she's seeing someone else"air became a commodity i could not afford.
scottish boy at the bedside of his father

scottish boy at the bedside of his father

A Poem by john alan willox


holding a hand, brittle and fragile, like dried flowers at the foot of a grave. blue marks on battered canvas, like tattoos bleeding. ..
sleepwalk

sleepwalk

A Poem by john alan willox


so this is who i am and this is all of me… ach, it’s a sad old place when more like your father you become ..
completely unasked

completely unasked

A Poem by john alan willox


completely unasked completely unasked he said; i think i’ve become an unhappy man… it’s different than s..
byline

byline

A Poem by john alan willox


i want to be known by my initialslike those coolnews guys in the 40'smy girlfriend is a dame when i have time, i call her dolland she likes it when i ..