Poems and Other Writing

“John Dooley is hilarious, crude, poignant and riled up. The life behind his words is a struggle, rippling the air that ravages the room. A snarling wordsmith gets our attention, our ears perk, our minds focus to hear the raging wisdom and truth, now a bit more mellow after all these years—or more at peace—or subdued in defeat. Dooley’s work is rife with poetic twists of the tongue, irony, rich metaphors clanging the alarm for us to wake up. And we do wake up. ”