Poems

Job Oedipus Lear (David Achilles Othello) By Patrick T. Reardon   Dung dark lone. (Lust flow betrayal)   Bible Greek bard.   King launches daughters to death. Leper badgers for [...]

  Lamentations Road   By Patrick T. Reardon   Lamentations Road runs past Judge Westcott’s mansion, out to Weed Hollow where a dead mule rots, a pestilence of flies, while [...]

  Make   By Patrick T. Reardon   In summer, the father grilled hot dogs with his white t-shirt off, skin burning.   In fall, he tolled novenas.   After [...]

    The fate of Billy the Kid   By Patrick T. Reardon   Limerick sour hen, consort of thick-palm, bellied Patrick, cock of blind alley, Catherine grudged open to [...]

    Wait By Patrick T. Reardon   I wait for the stone to pass, for the heel to heal, for the tick to tock. I wait out the clock. [...]

  City hymn   By Patrick T. Reardon   Hymn the sewer line. Hymn the rhythm. Hymn mown grass, dawn-sun broken glass, ash tray brass, my scar, the rusted-nail fall. [...]

  Brick wall scripture   By Patrick T. Reardon   Read the brick wall scripture. Fingertip the prophecy braille.   Shakespeare wrote a Bible of plays. Macbeth’s sin (3 Samuel). [...]

  It’ll get you there   By Patrick T. Reardon   Follow 12 steps. Chew sugarless gum. Show up for counsel.   Lines to stay within   Enjoy breathing. Enjoy [...]

  Angels are out tonight   By Patrick T. Reardon   Tonight, the typewriter keys slam rhythm to ease coarse electricity under the skin.   The Sister of the Sacred [...]

Visions By Patrick T. Reardon I see the hand of God write on the wall the sins of the king. I see the bloody knife. I see the father lead [...]