Samuel Brown : Writing

Elegy for a Friend

Elegy for a Friend

A Poem by Samuel Brown


Do not mistake me for a catholic, old friend. I do not truly believe your soul to be hiding underneath the couch or behind the fridge ..
Gas Station Bathroom

Gas Station Bathroom

A Poem by Samuel Brown


I open its rotting door. I catch an old man staring at himself in a dirty mirror- Hands clasped to the sink, Neck crooning, Mouth sl..
Sense of Self

Sense of Self

A Poem by Samuel Brown


Ego makes the short feel tall, The tall feel short, The short feel shorter, But never Will it let the tall feel taller.
The Seamstress

The Seamstress

A Poem by Samuel Brown


She spots a coil of singed thread Lying in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory’s ashes: all that remains of the cloth. Its black t..
Dial Tone

Dial Tone

A Poem by Samuel Brown


She clutches the wall, Slowly sinking To the floor. Her wide eyes stare across the room as the phone delicately Falls from her ha..
The World Wakes Without

The World Wakes Without

A Poem by Samuel Brown


I have not slept this night and the darkness slowly lifts from the earth. I am left behind in the previous day which no other night can w..
Fasting Buddha

Fasting Buddha

A Poem by Samuel Brown


I often wander the Bowery in Chinatown on snowy evenings, brushing shoulders with other faceless silhouettes. Each st..
Standing before Picasso’s Guernica for the first time

Standing before Picasso’s Guernica for the first..

A Poem by Samuel Brown


The child’s eyes Are vacant With the gaze of god Descending into A pit Of prophetic ecstasy- Of skin folding outwa..
The Bowl of Fruit

The Bowl of Fruit

A Poem by Samuel Brown


Very little is to be said about a fruit painter. He stares at me, and I glare back. He’s looking harder now just w..
Angelous Novus

Angelous Novus

A Poem by Samuel Brown


Oh, metal behemoth carving your way down broken tracks through the underbelly of nowhere New Jersey, What hell are you off to..

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