PRL Serials

Hi again. It’s almost Valentine’s day and I have another love poem to share. I think its been mentioned here before, but I’ve been writing Stone Hand, the series of poems from Volume I, for many years now, I think I created it back in 2007 when I was still in college. The Critic character from the Outtakes is a more recent invention. I was doing exercises to grow more comfortable writing sonnets and the Critic was a go to subject so I could write as many poems as possible. Today’s love poem was written in the voice of the Critic. Its not a sonnet, more like an ode or a ballad, and its very much influenced by rap music and my favorite lyrical poets, namely WH Auden and James Joyce. I hope you enjoy, and don’t be offended if you’re from the west coast, the Critic has enough disdain for every part of the country.

The Girl From Spokane