Category: Poetry

A poem by Ty Brando distant dogs barking Somewhere north of the porch way past the last fence facing east memories rise up dusty as gravel underfoot and distant dogs barking Howling at the moon late, but not too soon walking in the dark in night itself and distant dogs barking Sounds come in clips…

Exercise #1  I wept by the willow  Swallowing hard  My mind all a-flutter and aroused by what gnawed  I, not in a good way, folded and sat down  Lame thoughts abounded and fell upon the broken brown ground  Tears fell and not in a trickle  The water washed over me, cooling my jagged jets  Me, in my loathing and disdain  Swayed with the willow wind where…

Down the Road (a poem by Ty Brando) Thoughts whirling ‘round like a merry go round and you thought I was much more than a crust of bread waiting in the cabinet for a hungry hand Man, where will I go when I’m gone? No one knows or is tellin’ I can tell you that…

A poem by Ty Brando Riding the Tiger (of Time) The jungle snarls with creatures sharrrp and deadly and I think I spy a critter craaawling about with snake-eye slits and a twisted tongue slipping in and out, slithering across hot rocks where ruthless suns baked the mud pies of my youth and seared my…

A original poem by Ty Brando entitled: Her Heart Was Set On Cotton Candy Her heart was set on pink cotton candy Nothing else would do If she had to, If she really had to, She’d walk a mile, Or two We walked As we talked And then we walked a little longer . .…

An original poem by Ty Brando entitled: Driftwood and Fishnet Torn fishnet strewn across whitewashed walls Ensnares sun-bleached driftwood Viridescent wine bottles Coated in paraffin tears Candelabra candles, Wept blue and white Obscuring the black of the night Lennon and Dylan Danced in the air Perpetually, persistently, rotating Chaos in the cabin Mucky mattress reposes…