Lionel Braud : Writing

Before the Walls Tumbled Down(Haight-Ashbury Pipe Dreams)

Before the Walls Tumbled Down(Haight-Ashbury Pipe ..

A Poem by Lionel Braud


Before the walls tumbled down and the wolves ate what was left and every hippie on Haight-Ashbury smoked it from the ground up, Before the p..
Philosophical Birdman

Philosophical Birdman

A Poem by Lionel Braud


Hey, philosophical Birdman Both eyes gleaming in opposingdirections Your rock hard Zen has got me crosseyed Hey, Mr. Philosophical Birdman? Wh..
Echo and Narcissist

Echo and Narcissist

A Poem by Lionel Braud


Echo and Narcissist Somewhere inside of me is a poem Etched out between two mountain crevices, I shout an exclamatory affirmation… Hen..
The Stranger

The Stranger

A Poem by Lionel Braud


At age three, my voice had been stifled By a future manifested ego I never even met, yet He plunged down my throat, molesting me within, Feeding ..
inhaling serenity

inhaling serenity

A Poem by Lionel Braud


The welling puffs of smoke from his cigarette underestimated the angst soiled inside his head, only disseminating those gray clouds for the moment; ..
Psycho-Somatic Sam

Psycho-Somatic Sam

A Story by Lionel Braud


Sam was a part time anthropology major, part time hypochondriac, a diagnosis his doctor apparently overlooked. Sam was an astute reader of Native Am..
After the Flood: Ode t New Orleans

After the Flood: Ode t New Orleans

A Poem by Lionel Braud


The Commodore condominiums on St. Charles, where I was staying, Seemed an ideal place for prose, while streetcars roamed And the marble fountain h..
Down A Mountain

Down A Mountain

A Poem by Lionel Braud


Is there so much longing down here? The sick longing man has made the road down here Now I find the road Is left down here I see that everyt..
A Moment in the Camera Eye

A Moment in the Camera Eye

A Poem by Lionel Braud


see the man across the street, Picking up garbage, Rearranging the flower garden In a motif of which he could only dream Spanish dreams, As th..