Christopher Barnes


ALMANAC 36

Musicianship is bridged in recollection.
Prattle a zest or irritant.
This orb whirrs as it dizzy-rounds.
Thunder's furore passes.
Surdity nears, howsoever.



ALMANAC 37

Midpoint decades evidence you sound.
Strolls are an everyday task.
Broaden fondness regarding the nutritious.
Bedraggling infection laughs through a window.



ALMANAC 38

Indefinite sunsets are murky.
Voluminous gaberdine folds no thaw.
Hasty walkabout is a drudge.
Outlined from blizzard —
The skimming car.



ALMANAC 39

Waves — misgiving indigo.
Tete-a-tetes amplifying, giddy.
Uniform power-drive buzz.
Quaff trolley is inched.
The jet unrivets
In ashy sky.



ALMANAC 40

Transit is restful.
Below par districts sheer off.
Crows lunge, profiled in window.
Upbeat incessant. 
A run-luck hatchback and your train
Mash. Sublime carnage.

Christopher Barnes' first collection LOVEBITES was published by Chanticleer Press. He reads for Proudwords lesbian and gay writing festival each year, partakes in workshops, and co-edited the poetry magazine Interpoetry.

 
 

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