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John W. Leys

Indie Poet & Writer
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Fragment of Verse on the Passage of Time

Days slip away Brown hair turns gray As a boy turns into a man. 4/18/18 My 17th poem […]

April 18, 2018 Poetry

Shitholes and Assholes

Shitholes, assholes, Misinformation, and lies. Fascism, racism, This is how democracy dies. Demagogues, lapdogs, Spineless senators falling in […]

January 13, 2018 Poetry

An Additional Verse for Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’

Walking darkened halls each day Just for the chance she’ll look your way And when the moment came, […]

November 28, 2017 Poetry

Stormbringer

Cold black blade Burning blood red runes Wisdom worms Burrowing into tombs The price of the blade Is […]

November 12, 2017 Poetry

The Lovin’ in Vain Blues

  What do you do When all your love’s in vain? Tell me, what do you do When […]

November 2, 2017 Poetry

Make-Up

I paint on a smile And play the game My make-up is always perfect But never quite the […]

October 3, 2017 Poetry

Reflections, Part II

No one is listening, But everyone is talking No one is traveling, But everyone is walking No one […]

October 2, 2017 Poetry

Reflections, Part I

There’s nothing left to say There’s nothing left to feel There’s no one left to save There’s no […]

October 2, 2017 Poetry

Still on the Road

Driving down the poison highway Through the nightmares of my youth: Saccharine poetry, suicidal thoughts; Disastrous experiments with […]

September 29, 2017 Poetry

My Generation

I wasn’t born with a club foot I didn’t fight in Vietnam I didn’t teach at Columbia I […]

September 26, 2017 Poetry

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