Stories tagged poem

The House Flounder

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Spackle. Spackle is always the answer.

The Sun, the Trees, the Clouds, the Grass

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The sun was a dish of burnished courage

Raymond Chandler and His Wife

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One day it was boring / to be alive.

Shut Not, O Gaol Within Me

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Dawn comes but only when they say She does

Get a Hold of God, Will You?

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Get a Hold of God Get a hold of God, will you? I have seen a lot I saw a Great Dane licking the dew off an orange bird of paradise Get a hold of God and tell him that Get a hold of God and give him a piece of my m

East Cleveland Coventry Blues

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Sirens comin' up the street, coming 'cross the bridge, Jose's daddy looks for beer, sighs and shuts the fridge.

Bean Talk

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I pull my hand, full of beans, out of the blue bucket. Water drips from my fingers. We snap and talk about world events, why don't the fucking Russians leave already? Past hurts push Rahim's mind…

Saffron

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These saffron robes rise not to Heaven

Dark

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Slowly, she eased me into my place where I melted into the dark seat

Om Mani Padme Hum

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Now I lay ...

Partly Revealed

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map of your life...

Waffle House Worker Survives Wild Ride on Car Hood

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After three teens took off without paying and he clung to the hood of their car He wasn’t trying to be a hero sandwich or otherwise but climbed onto the hood when they tried to run him over There was some question and dispute over th

Tabasco Revenge

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Avant-garde morning sun floated through bay windows, the illumination cascaded and curled and descended the air ripples which emanated from the oscillating fan in the corner. Gathered on the rug the light hovered in anxious intensity. Suspended dust- jelly was…

Monsieur, Monsieur, Nous Avon Pamplemousse!

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He came running out of his narrow little shop, Berthillon and chased me down the Ilse St. Louis street, saying, “Monsieur, Monsieur, nous avon pamplemousse! It’s ici, Monsieur. Your pamplemousse. They just come in this matin, morning and I’

A Bum and his Shopping Cart, Giving Up his Ways

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A bum leaves his shopping cart in the middle of the intersection at 7th Ave and Perry St and walks away leaving everything behind Shopping cart gets hit by an onslaught of yellow taxis whizzing by The contents flying out into the hum