When I was 18 I was on a troop train heading for basic training when we stopped to take on water or whatever it is trains stop for and after relieving myself I came out of the men's room … [Read more...]
Poetry Archive
A.D. Winans: Ten Poems
North Beach Yuppie Bar Hard to believe Richard Brautigan Jack Spicer and other Beats drank here As I sit and watch two business men Playing liar's dice at Gino and Carlo's Bar In the heart of … [Read more...]
A Prison Poem by Neeli Cherkovski
I wrote this for America where I wept In America where I could not sleep I wrote this in my homeland where I keep counsel with the founding fathers and the founding mothers and the dreams Chief … [Read more...]
Patriotism – a poem by Edwin Romond
"The Pentagon has acknowledged that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld did not sign condolence letters to the families of soldiers killed in Iraq but instead used a signature machine." --The … [Read more...]
America – a poem by A.D. Winans
Drummed out of the infantry of death I came back to you carrying the Poems of my soul Opened the door of life And found only death inside America I have read the state of the union And listened … [Read more...]
A Call to Poets
Poets unite Forget about a career In poetry And concentrate on the Poem Quit turning out Factory assembly Line poems Quit trying to imitate Bukowski. Poets unite Listen to your … [Read more...]
OP_OETICS and digital art by Hammond Guthrie
Tide and Time Again... ...the length and width of the attention spanis being tested, strained, and manipulatedfrom the highest denominations of power, preemptively initiating an undeniable … [Read more...]