Poetry

Submitted Poetry

A Few Notes from Ron Whitehead and Ralph Steadman

January 27, 2015 Ron Whitehead 0

EXCERPT FROM RON WHITEHEAD’S PRESENTATION FOR HST’S INDUCTION IN THE KENTUCKY WRITERS HALL OF FAME ON JANUARY 28 “Back at the motel we talked for a while about America, the South, England – just relaxing a bit before dinner. There was no way either of us could have known, at […]

The land I live on doesn’t look like home

January 27, 2015 Gonzo Today 0

by Kevin Eickmeie The bridges are broken like an arm that needs pins. There’s no fixing this falling feeling that lives in my heart. I live on the ledges of cliffs in my thoughts where my heart holds on to the hope. The hope that should have pushed me into the river […]

I Killed a Man

January 25, 2015 Mario Burns 0

by Mario Burns The night before my nightmare Sitting in my chair I begin to fade out at some point Wake up downtown There is blood on my hands and shirt I rush home; pull the covers over my head Close my eyes Before I fall asleep, the alarm goes […]

A Writer’s Prayer

January 24, 2015 Donnie Casto II 0

By: Donnie Casto II Great and Unknown Magnet of existence, Allow me to embrace this race, with a love and a grace of a movable feast. May I drink this art like Hemingway; shake my creativity in a Gonzo way. Let tears of answer and silence water the Capote well […]

The Other

January 21, 2015 Ron Whitehead 0

from The Adventures of Brain Man by Ron Whitehead I told you I am the oldest of six children, my parents Goliath and Grendel, my younger brother Muscle Man, my sisters Lamia and the Three Furies, but I forgot to mention the Other, the shadowy figure, the older brother I […]

“Little Did I Know”

January 18, 2015 Mario Burns 0

by Mario Burns   Little did I know A young man trying to grow Lost in the woods Blowing in the wind Never in the right direction Will I ever be back again On display in a window Played my last hand Smoked the last cigarette Fought all the wars […]

3 Poems

January 18, 2015 Cody S. Decker 0

by Cody S. Decker   These nights  if these nights are what end up doing me in i’m ok with that because these nights are better than those days that tend to be most days

“The End of Sobriety”

January 18, 2015 Mario Burns 0

by Mario Burns Fresh off my latest fail Drunk behind the wheel Backwoods in eight feet of snow Nodding out to the sound of the benzo Jeep decides to kiss the ditch Call for help, couldn’t be found Time to take a rest and close my eyes Awaken to the […]

The Great Nation

January 17, 2015 Gonzo Today 0

By: Darrin Kerr We are the Great Nation Born of independence Become the oppressor The land of opportunity The opportunity to shiver in the streets while hungry The opportunity to walk in space, but not in our inner cities The opportunity to work hard and remain poor We are laws without […]