Poetry – Page 3 – Stephen McClurg

September 25, 2025

Musicalia #143: Saltings

Saltings Crawdaddy Emrickwas ladled and bathedin swamps and rhetoric.A life like a card trick… You can get the rest of the poem and the playlist at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #143: Saltings

September 18, 2025

Musicalia #142: Kissed and Cured

The KissWhat more can a kissdo? Can it cure the insecure,securing wedded bliss?Are the half-parted lips… You can get the rest of the poem and the playlist at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #142: Kissed and Cured

September 11, 2025

Musicalia #141: Keeping Things Whorled

Keeping Things Whorled He asked if I knew any enduring truthsand the only thing that came to mindwas that no truths were enduring.It wasn’t meant to be flippant or holier-than-thou, but how I moved through the worldor how the world moved through me…. You can get the rest of the poem and the playlist at … Continue reading Musicalia #141: Keeping Things Whorled

September 4, 2025

Musicalia #140: Inlapping

Inlapping Flicking tongues in timeagainst their slantern rhyme, a fable in hen’s teeth. You can get the rest of the poem and the playlist at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #140: Inlapping

August 28, 2025

Musicalia #139: A Twang in the Ashes

In medias res Awake at two, and the old scarsstill buzz like rooms full of sitars. A twang in the ashes, brass knuckle radio,a hundred untuned Dixieland banjos. If it offends thee, then pluck it out…. You can get the whole poem and the playlist over at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #139: A Twang in the Ashes