Bill Robertson

I am a journeyman poet. So far I have been published 11 times (and paid twice). My second chapbook, Cloth Bones, is now on sale for $2, and I was looking for a publisher for my first book, but I got frustrated and published it online instead. I am available to read at any event and/or to host open mics.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

INSPIRATION

sometimes inspiration strikes me
when in bed then things get worse
I will spring up grab a pen
and quickly go from bed to verse

Sunday, March 16, 2008

OUR WAR

I cannot bring myself to mad
and so protest in only words
how we’ve got it mainly backwards
beating plowshares into swords

Friday, March 14, 2008

DEATH

is that final darkness not even darkness
or is it maybe the womb of a new birth
'when I was a grownup I used to have a motorcycle'
says my 4-year old grandson

Friday, March 07, 2008

a cold wind pushes patches of march by the window
while
cocooned and warm
I sit here inside at my keyboard
struggling with nouns and verbs
trying to put myself in this reality
or at least
one of my own choosing
I get up and turn off the lights