Darryl Davis : Writing

Challenges of Parenting

Challenges of Parenting

A Poem by Darryl Davis


I was barelegged with you in a field this morning.You couldn't have been a day past five.It was I who helped you navigate the long grass,the dips in t..
23:20

23:20

A Poem by Darryl Davis


Night owls scavenge breakfast. Or is it lunch? Lost track 4,015 wrappers ago. Estranged, studded youth shuffle the CD bargain bin like ..
Poetry Contest

Poetry Contest

A Poem by Darryl Davis


She asked for my fears but I shrank from her. She requested tears, I peeled an onion. She asked for my dreams, so I gavesomeone’s. She sou..
Writing By Candlelight

Writing By Candlelight

A Poem by Darryl Davis


You repeated countless times, “Turn on the light”, you said, “You’ll ruin your eyes like that” and ..
Christmas Shopping, 1981

Christmas Shopping, 1981

A Poem by Darryl Davis


To push through its heavy doors and step upon its perfect polished palace of square stone angles and fake ferns was to leave my skin outs..
Do Over

Do Over

A Poem by Darryl Davis


Perhaps it’s time we sat you and I put that needless thing sweating your palm down and bind yourself to a single spot ..
Perfect

Perfect

A Poem by Darryl Davis


This , our canopied chachette, a flawless starburst gem cradling the perfect moment we’ll never forget, least the umbrella we ..
Tintern Abbey

Tintern Abbey

A Poem by Darryl Davis


The ancient entry is polished daily by whispering feet and careful tongues. Only whispers live here now. No one profits of the acoustics, as if th..
The Upgrade

The Upgrade

A Poem by Darryl Davis


It was late afternoon , my skull was aridit struck me that I needed a new vehicleto drive my thoughts far enough, fast enoughto the eyes and ears unkn..
Keep Your Hat On

Keep Your Hat On

A Poem by Darryl Davis


Hold this while I pack… …or am I unpacking? Neither, really, they’re just two fallacies eyeballing us, we shed our..

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