Kim Barney

The sons of the Prophet are valiant and bold; and quite unaccustomed to fear; and the bravest of all was a man, so I'm told, called Abdullah Bulbul Amir.…

You're a yellow-bellied marmot peacefully eating in the meadow when suddenly you are startled…

The other day I had a little chat with my Poetry Muse. I just call him P. M. for short, though he's not short at all…

Had honey-glazed ham for breakfast this morning, with scrambled eggs and scrambled tater-tots, cinnamon raisin whole wheat toast with butter.…

After Quasimodo's death, the bishop of the cathedral of Notre Dame sent word through the streets of Paris that a new bell ringer was needed. The bishop decided that he would conduc…

A Wish for Words, or War of Words --- she has more words than I. I'll never be as good as she, no matter how I try.…

Shall I Wait Till I Understand Pablo Neruda? I ask myself aloud while on A Floating Cloud. Would anybody care at all if I wrote A Love Song for a Parrot?…

Dear Parley, I know I only met you once, yet I feel I know you quite well,…

My poems all have pictures now. I think they are improved- -and how! And all my dreams are Portuguese.…

I went to the All-You-Can-Eat Buffet; I like to go there as much as I can. The food is so good, I can't stay away. I eat what I like; that's always my plan.…

Camp Loll is a boy scout camp located in Wyoming, one mile south of the Yellowstone Park boundary and four miles north of Grand Teton National Park. Its location on the one and one…

(This is a work in progress and will be updated from time to time.) [Last update 11 August 2026] ASPS = Arizona State Poetry Society contests…

If a task is once begun Never leave it till it's done. Be the labor great or small Do it well or not at all.…

My old school marm, whose knowledge was ample, had wit also, and here is a sample: She once said, with some tact, seeing all that I lacked,…

Poor old Marion Morrison, He had a woman's name, And yet Marion Morrison Did rise up to great fame.…