Tom (WordWulf) Sterner Poetry http://wordwulf.com ~ Vein Desire ~ Wikinut http://goo.gl/v2k54 ~ Sanchez passed me on his crotch rocket ~ I didn’t know him then ~ he took the interstate ramp too hard ~ crashed into a barrier ~ rolled off into the bushes ~ that’s how I met him~ picked him up ~ carried him home ~

Tom (WordWulf) Sterner Short Stories http://wordwulf.com ~ Momma’s Truck ~ Wikinut http://goo.gl/Fu7Kx ~ we were city folks ~ my stepdad grew up on a farm ~ bought a rundown ranch in Wyoming when he retired ~ Momma asked what I wanted of her things when she passed away ~ I refused to consider an answer ~ I said simply ~ I don’t want your stuff ~ I want you ~

Tom (WordWulf) Sterner Poetry http://wordwulf.com ~ Quodlibet (I-IV)~ Wikinut http://goo.gl/CGN1n ~ ghosts play the television screen ~ heart & fang share quarters ~ body slack, a flesh reflection ~ is it snowing or white sound ~ blood or mud on my hands ~ I hope so ~ mud has dirt in it ~ tiny dragons ~ blood disease ~ impurity ~

Tom (WordWulf) Sterner Short Stories http://wordwulf.com ~ Letters from the Monastery of My Heart ~ A Feather in the Grass ~ Wikinut http://goo.gl/rJoqR ~ I am struck by the feather ~ of your soft reply ~ Jim Morrison ~ the bluebird carries the sky on his back ~ Nietzsche ~ we're not in Wonderland anymore Alice ~ Charles Manson ~ leave no black plume as a token ~ Poe ~ bullets & feathers together ~ WW ~

Tom (WordWulf) Sterner Short Stories http://wordwulf.com ~ Cribbing ~ Wikinut http://goo.gl/zMbms ~ ~ power dynamics in relationships are important ~ lovers ~ significant others ~ parents & bosses ~ friends & associates ~ the reaction of the underdog ~ might be loading a gun ~ one bullet ~ one insult at a time ~ boom ~

Tom (WordWulf) Sterner Poetry http://wordwulf.com ~ Quodlibet (I-IV)~ Wikinut http://goo.gl/YKZgH ~ “home of the most dangerous writers alive” ~ whom seeks to please everyone fails miserably in due course ~ Frank Winters awarded me the Marija Cerjak Award in Avant-garde/Experimental writing for this piece ~ I didn’t make it to the whiskey bar to meet him ~ wonder where he went ~ where they go ~ whiskey men & night riders ~

~a fifties child~I remember pennies~the smell of Momma’s purse~promises in the bottom~a stick of spearmint gum~Elvis & Tennessee Ernie Ford~

Tom (WordWulf) Sterner Poetry http://wordwulf.com ~ Quodlibet ~ Wikinut http://goo.gl/zloFd ~ “home of the most dangerous writers alive” ~ I could not ignore that byline when I first saw it 8 years ago ~ I submitted thousands of pieces to the editor ~ this one caught his attention ~ my first epic ~ & the beginning of a friendship with Michael Annis, Senior Editor of Howling Dog Press ~ my brother owl ~

Tom (WordWulf) Sterner Short Stories http://wordwulf.com ~ Z Contemplate ~ Wikinut http://goo.gl/Cetgx ~ rock stars on the other side of the wall ~ guitarists & singers ~ wild-eyed drummers ~ I crank up my industrial fan ~ a Black & Decker special ~ chop the music up into digestible pieces ~ closing my eyes ~ I remember the wild days ~

Tom (WordWulf) Sterner Short Stories http://wordwulf.com ~ Tooth ‘n Gum ~ Wikinut http://goo.gl/vuPX7 ~ I was a ranch hand for a year ~ loved the wide open outdoors ~ never learned to love cows like cowboys do ~ found out I wasn’t one ~ a cowboy that is ~ I raised pigs on the side ~ I liked ‘em ~ pigs ~