The Stained Glass Man

The Stained Glass Man

by | Apr 20, 2016 | Poems By JR

I spent a day of pointless purpose In search of truth on aimless courses Off a ways, melancholy bells rang So I wandered to where those sirens sang Until I stopped at a place of worship The final goal of successful courtship The doors where opened invitingly wide So I...
The Hounds!

The Hounds!

by | Apr 7, 2016 | Poems By JR

The Hounds! The Hounds! They are so close. Can’t be caught. I must stay free. Still the Hounds, wail ever so close to me. Each step a struggle. Knees bruised and bleeding. To run and resist An apparent fait accompli. I Hear the Hounds howl right next to me. All...
An Old Alarm Clock

An Old Alarm Clock

by | Apr 7, 2016 | Stories By JR

I dreamed one night that my life was an old alarm clock. You know, the kind you wind up with the big alarm bells on top. It had a huge hour hand, a slow and steady minute hand and that always advancing second hand. I knew instinctively that the old clock had only so...
My Dark Hallway

My Dark Hallway

by | Apr 6, 2016 | Poems By JR

Once again I must face the test The clock records just 2 hours rest I could try to struggle once again But I know it’s pointless, so why refrain My feet they know their way around I start to wander with just one sound My broken melody, it does repeat The empty sound...
Why I Write

Why I Write

by | Mar 31, 2016 | Poems By JR

Sometimes I write to vent And then I write to mourn Sometimes I write to repent And then I write to warn Some words are used to bleed Those words are used to soothe me Some words are used to plead Those words are used to approve me For each word is added to my tally...
Where There Is A Will

Where There Is A Will

by | Mar 31, 2016 | Stories By JR

It has been a while since I have just told you a flat out personal story, so this is for your weekend. The events are true and I am naming names too baby! I believe it was in the fall of the mid 90’s when our son Shawn Rennie came to me one day and asked me for a new...