Literary Writings – Page 5

Ordered Time

March 4, 2019 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Poetry / Uncategorized

Ordered time They tried to order Time dawn to dusk, Futile spreadsheets of manageable units, Denying its nature to slow, to speed To pause, to fly with thoughts, dreams, Friends met, enemies loathed, With pain and agony and anxiety, With pleasure, gaiety, With visions, prophecies, with Feckless Fraud found out. Ordered like railway ties Clacking […]

Poetry in the Public Square

January 18, 2019 by philcline in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Literary Writings / Poetry / Public Interest / Uncategorized

Is poetry a public or private thing? One’s love of country could be deliciously stirred by the magic of poetry: “This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, …………. This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England . . .” Historically western poetry concerned itself with […]

He Credited Fear

December 8, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Poetry

At the window he credited Fear, Regretted his temper drive, And looked to gloomy vistas This morning again arrived. Secrets of giggly girls, Potent Innocence fails Divers of missing pearls Bartered from greasy nails. Christmas lights harken End, Heralded toys broken fine, Discarded in the snowy mud Cheered by crows atop a line. Don’t hurry […]

Where Boys Walk

December 8, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Poetry

Where Boys Walk Fist clenched, Forearm flexed, Raised above, hovering, Before down the hit. Cringed below, a boy child’s Dread, And fear. And Humiliation. Again. Hands, kind, reach, Stretch, pat on’a back, Rest on’a shoulder, A smile, a nod, he said “good job.” Eyes open, breath released, hope. Courage, And will. And defiance. Indomitable. And between […]

Laugh like a young man

September 7, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Poetry

Trigger Warning. Caution: This poem tends to glorify being a man. Laugh as a Young Man Laughs Laugh as a young man laughs. Laugh hearty, laugh out loud, Laugh at facing a day’s hard work, Laugh at the wobble in your knees Hauling hundred pound sacks of “taters” Balanced across your shoulders. […]

A King’s Trust, Final Five Chapters

July 27, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapters 41 ,42, & 43 of A King’s Trust, a novel I am publishing online Dylan and Lenny have an unwelcome visitor Chapter 41 Dylan walked toward the front of his apartment to answer the door bell absentmindedly flipping through pages in the new textbook he had adopted for the upcoming semester. […]

A King’s Trust

July 26, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapters 38, 39, & 40 of “A King’s Trust” a novel I am publishing online Easley pulls something new out of his legal toolbox and Nadine gets away — or does she? Chapter 38 They were seated around the kitchen table in Florencio’s house. Four men. The lawyer, Easley, Lenny King, Florencio, […]

A Kings Trust continued

July 23, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapters 35, 36, & 37 of “A King’s Trust”, a novel I am publishing online. Please note some material in these chapters is adult in nature and describes violent encounters. Nadine Navigates some Difficulties. Chapter 35 When Nadine arrived at the office complex, she got off the elevator and strode right […]

A King’s Trust, Chapters 32 ,33 ,& 34

July 21, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapters 32, 33, & 34 of “A King’s Trust”, a novel I am publishing online The King in a Foreign Land Considers his Return Chapter 32 “I went to San Diego with Marcy. You knew about that.” Dylan glanced up at Teresa. Lenny did too. Her expression never changed. “Everything was […]

A King’s Trust, Chapters 29, 30, & 31

July 19, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapters 29, 30, and 31 of “A King’s Trust,” a novel I am publishing online A King finds where good is. Chapter 29 Lenny pulled out on the road and headed his car North. Off in the distance he could see the lights of a town. He knew it wasn’t directly ahead. […]

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