pOETry
rEAdiNgs iN tHe cRAck
HoUSe
by
James
Quinton
Contents
(click
on title)
sucking
on a coma
intoxicating
the
girl with the jet black hair
a
mad man spitting at the sky
a
shiny six pence for you today
flames
last
of the blues men
the
Devil went down to Mississippi
songs
for lovers
this
heaven
fingertips
cold
four
walled world
teeth
check
the amount and sign at the bottom
seduction
two
hands moving fast
night
i
can't see the night's sky for the light pollution below
i
woke up early the day i died
sweet
as a stolen sky
poetry
readings in the crack house
Biography
James
Quinton
is Managing Editor of Open Wide Magazine. He has had poetry and short
fiction published all over the world in over one hundred publications. He has a
novel, short story and poetry collections due for publication this year.
Cover image 'Crack
House' by Jerome Witkin. Reprinted without permission.
All words
copyright James Quinton 2007.