Whit Howland

Whit Howland Apr 2024

In his
plaid sport coat

pulling tissues
from his paper sack head

flinging them

slinging
bathroom jokes

cackling
jigging

a comedic
unknown soldier

known only
to God

Another whimsical poetic riff.

Whit Howland Apr 2024

The Night Club Years

Mood swings
no

see saws
maybe

but definitely
not monkey bars

and what does it matter
anyway

you don't write
or call

I get it though

you're too busy
but aren't we all

A moody abstract riff

Whit Howland Apr 2024

Roadside Attraction

Or trap
for tourists

but not travelers
and searchers

who'd find gold
and platinum

in the two headed
yak

or snake
with a spooned tongue

and they would
bank on it

A whimsical word painting

Whit Howland Apr 2024

Puppet

you say you
love me

and immediately
I look for strings

and a hand
up your back

An absurdist word painting

Whit Howland Apr 2024

Solar Eclipse

wool
we sit in a park

on the grass
as the day turns

dark

we fail to see
but most of all

we struggle

An abstract word painting

Whit Howland Mar 2024

Easter Sunday

A hardboiled egg
on the counter

dyed blue

staring at me
at six am

he is risen
and unfortunately

so did I

Abstract impressionism

Whit Howland Mar 2024

A fence in the dunes

Slats
planted in the sand

lashed together
with rusty wire

while scraggly reeds peak in out
And up around them

I am there and yet

I never was

More Imagism