The Imperfect Wild (lifeless stones behind that wall)
Merritt:
Lost in a triangle of disembodied thought Air resembles butterflies forlorn Inside out Imperfection tightly pulling piano Wire around our necks Our strangled humanity Lifeless as stones decorating fields David: So maybe I'm not a carpenter can't walk on water Can't build a bridge after bridge just keep reaching up from the water I can't peel the grease from my slippery shoes Maybe I can only live without full knowledge Without full focus A burning mind with moneys always fading. Was life ever meant for me or us; the imperfect wild?
Merritt Waldon. Born September 12, 1974 Madison, Indiana just few blocks from the Ohio river. Born and raised by U.S. Air Force veteran of Viet Nam and his best friends sister. Merritt was almost named Stroh’s Waldon; after his dads favorite cheap beer after rotating back to world. As long as he has been able to hold a writing/drawing utensil he has dreamed of being a published writer. spending a lot of his late teens & early twenties traveling the united states & writing constantly, eventually returning to Indiana marrying having children divorcing marrying etc divorcing; still writing living . Has had work in Sun Poetic Times, Mojo Risin’, Beyond The Pale, One Hit, RoaDDawgz a magazine for the voice of the homeless ( under the pen name Ru mi), Smalltown Monthly, Crisis Chronicles, Cheap and Eazy Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, Twizted Tungz, Fearless, Voices From The Fire, Bedroom Anatomy Lessons, The Rye Whiskey Review, The Black Shamrock, River Dog Magazine #1, Fevers of the Mind, Be About It #18, Americans & Others anthology, A Cooch Behar American poetry Anthology, Strange Gods From The Prairie: A Gasconade Review Anthology, The Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts: OMNIBUS vol 1., and Cajun Mutt Press Features. He has three books of poetry published; Oracles From A Strange Fire co-authored by National Beat Poet Laureate Ron Whitehead published by Cajun Mutt Press, then Pistol City Blues & Madison Street Screams and Smoke Break Poems published by Dead Man’s Press Ink. 47, he lives and writes in Austin, Indiana. https://tinyurl.com/ne6m3j73
other links to click:
July 2022 Poetry Showcase from Merritt Waldon
Poems by Merritt Waldon: Strange Visitations & more poems for people
Poem by Kushal Poddar : The Smile Craft (for Merritt Waldon)
A Quicksilver Trilling by David L O’Nan : Poetry & Writing style lyrics inspired by Dylan
An Ode To Tessa While in New York by David L O’Nan (From Before I Turn Into Gold)
In 1961…In 1961 by David L O’Nan (from Before I Turn Into Gold Anthology)
A Fevers of the Mind Interview/Promo piece with Ron Whitehead, U.S. National Beat Poet Laureate
Current bio for Fevers of the Mind’s David L O’Nan editor/writing contributor to blog.
Fevers of the Mind 
Life is a mystery: an enigma. It is both an exquisite joy and a nightmare. A complicated jigsaw to make of what we will. (Am glad I came…) Merritt sounds a troubled soul. Do hope he is not. xx
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