Katy E. Ellis, Jr.

Poetry. Stories.

I drink poems again and again when they

promise some inside fire, an inner smolder

akin to soft whiskey or dark roast coffee

akin to river rocks close to the campfire.

A poem should find a place within your mouth

before it ventures south to the gut.

 

~from My Poetry Manifesto as Performed by the Lounge Poet Sorry Charlie’s, Tuesday Night