The Ugly American He’s at the Airport in Doha At the gate And waiting For his flight, Then an American dude Shows up And starts complaining About a couple people Taking naps On the floor, The American dude Has no … Continue reading
Marital Reflections They had an Ernest Hemingway Old Man and the Sea Kind of marriage, A big catch And a lot To be Excited about But then they Went through A bunch And once they Returned home Everything was gone. … Continue reading
The Raven He’s spending Some time At the Raven, This could be DC’s finest dive, Three Budweisers in And he’s wondering If he should Start coming here More regularly. Taylor Dibbert is a writer, journalist, and poet in Washington, DC. … Continue reading
The Ways They Didn’t He and her worked In so many ways But when things Got tough The ways That the Two of them worked Seemed to matter A lot less Than the ways They didn’t. Taylor Dibbert is a … Continue reading
In the Rearview He’s listening To music On YouTube With his laptop, Four beers deep And “Lovesong” By the Cure Appears as A suggestion On the right side Of his screen And then he’s Listening to “Lovesong” And everything Comes … Continue reading
Regarding the How As soon as He got To know her, He felt Increasingly certain That she Would change everything, Turns out He was right About the what, Regarding the how, He ended up Being really wrong. Taylor Dibbert is … Continue reading
Those Long Odds As soon as someone Moves out of The marital home, Those long odds Get a lot longer. Taylor Dibbert is a writer, journalist, and poet in Washington, DC. “In the Arena,” his third full-length poetry collection, is … Continue reading