Bare: Notes from a Porchdweller

by Tim'm West

 

Bare: Notes from a Porchdweller

by Tim’m West

 

This 42-page chapbook is filled with the poetry and thoughts of Tim’m West, author of Red Dirt Revival. West continues his gift of the word, his analysis of the word and his deep respect for the word as a way of communication and expression of one’s soul.

In one poem found in Bare, dedicated to Malik Ameer, West writes: “whenever i remember you/I remember aspects/I don’t think you show yourself/the beautiful, fuzzy shit/like your notebook-scribble/it disobeys boundaries/has its own style/is oblivious to any eyes/that might judge it/incorrectly/and my ears beg to hear/sanctified poetix/the imaginable wild-style/your smile makes/when happiness slips/out your eyes and into mine.”

(as published in Family & Friends Magazine, February 2006)