Tag: Poetry
State of the Union, 2015
My fellow Americans,
we have fucked up.
We killed the American Dream,
stabbing it mercilessly
with steely knives
in dark damp alleys
and gleaming boardrooms
until it screamed
gurgling nastily as
its lungs...
Old Man Winter
The snow falls wet and heavy
On lands that do not know it well
As if to remind us of its power
“Fly you fools, this is...
The Barstool Bard: Ne Plus Ultra
Perfection is not possible, only attempts to achieve,
To even try requires that we have to believe
In the possibility of reaching success,
But failure is inherent,...
Mardi Gras
One of the benefits of Hedonism
That goes unremarked by square and scold
Is that it tends toward remaking
Casts new metal in new mold
And takes the...
Jose querido, Jose perdido
I remember that you drank your forties cold
In the dead of winter with chill-bitten bones
Toes poking through soles worn and old
We sat in the...
The Barstool Bard
Sitting here and trying to think
Amidst hipster beards and clinking drinks,
Tales of dreams and lusty leers
Mix mistily with choking smoke and spilling beers,
Why do...
Jim Morrison: An American Poet
James Douglas Morrison (1943-1971) was an American rock & roll icon born to a military family in Florida. Almost primal in its purity, he...
A Shreveport Night Before Christmas
‘Twas the night before Christmas; Shreveport was quiet
Walmart was closed, ending the Black Friday riot
Streets were empty from downtown to South Broadmoor
And Highland cats...
"To the Guy on the Other Side of the Waiting Room...
I would push my tongue between your fingers
And taste soil and textures of knuckles and glassy
Skin. I would close my eyes over your neck...