Category Archives: Poetry

Bullshit Lit

Had a couple of my more experimental poems published at Bullshit Lit. It’s nice when my lovely weirdos find homes. READ MORE

This is a poem I wrote for my brother Glen, who passed away from cancer in October 2005.

Poetry

If I had a leopard
I’d take him for walks
In the park.

And no one would pester
Or bother or bug me
After dark.

And I would be happy
As free as could be;
I’d be proud.

For I would have no one,
Not no one to fear …
Except my leopard.

— Jessica Mannion, appx. 1990

Poetry

A goofy little brain-twister poem I wrote …

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Clearly Stated

What I am is here to be;
What I be is who I am,
And am is I — for where I be
Depends not on yourself, but me.

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