Entries Tagged as 'Casey Quinn'

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

casey quinn | 3 poems

this line is our god
i was born into a family line
grew up wearing the same clothes
passed down from older brother
to the next
until they reached me,
the end of the line
in school i sat
chairs arranged in lines,
learned to color with crayon
inside the lines,
wrote my first letters
ensuring each stroke fit
within the lines
forced to erase if [...]

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

casey quinn | greatness is a smoke alarm…and 2 other poems

greatness is a smoke alarm
going off in your head
telling you
your house is burning
and there is no more
time to waste
no more tv
no more movies
no more dreams
only action
keeps the flames
from spreading
to the curtains
to the couch
to the floor
to the walls
to you
and then you’re dead
just keep moving forward
or die
it’s as simple as that.

i imagine
my foot coming [...]