Outlaw Poems By Thom Young

One of the things I love about editing ZLR is I get to read poetry of all kinds. Sometimes I might even be the first person to ever have read a particular poem. I think that's pretty cool. Sometimes I go for weeks without posting anything new, and sometimes a batch of poems comes in and I want to post them the same day. Recently I was reading Gangsters, Harlots & Thieves: Down and Out at the Hotel Clifton, an anthology of Outlaw Poetry founder Todd Moore, edited by his son Theron, who is a good friend of mine. When these poems came in today it just re-enforced how influential a poet Todd Moore was. Not only in the types of content poets feel comfortable writing about, but the form itself. Outlaw Poetry lives!, it thrives, and I love publishing it here at Zombie Logic Review. 

Thom Young is a writer from Texas. His work has been in 3am magazine, Word Riot, The Legendary, and many other places. A 2008 Million Writers Award nominee for his story Perico. His books are popular all over the world including his latest GRINDHOUSE which hit #1 Kindle Free Horror four days in a row.


Reason.

I don't need
a reason
to love
you
aren't you
enough?

One

one more cigar
one more beer
one more chance
at love
she
is
the
one.

Eyes

there's a sadness
in
her eyes that
can defeat
the world
and a lie in
her smile
about the love she has
and
the one she wants
as her life
slips by
like a forgotten
gentle
rain.

Rhythm

there's a certain
rhythm to love
but
she dances to her
own tune.

Her son

She didn't
want her son
but he was
already dead
and
she kept his skeleton
propped up in
the corner of his room
it was all so strange
but I suppose everything
is
anyways 
I waved goodbye
and got the hell
out of there.