Bio
Kenneth Vincent Walker is a “New Formalist” poet, spoken word artist, performer and author of Borderline Absurd (An Exercise in Rhyme and Reason), published by Poem Sugar Press / Community Arts Ink, 2015.
Kenneth has been also published extensively online in various literary webzines, journals and blogs. Also, Kenneth’s podcasts of ‘Noir Poetry’ set to music, and in his own voice, may be accessed on Spotify. These presentations are highly influenced by the Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock and the immortal Edgar Allan Poe for those with a taste for the macabre.
Trigger Warning
If death is merely
Painless sleep then
Why weep for me?
This body of mine so
Riddled with disease
By time kept awake
Awaiting its release.
Is life solely packed
With frivolous acts,
Pointless deeds, to
Fill an empty fleece?
Well, it seems such
An utter waste to me;
A waste of time and
Space and humanity.
If death is merely
Painless sleep then
Why weep for me as
I leave you naturally?