by phillipw | Sep 23, 2019 | CH, FR, ST
What to Do with a Dead Friend He keeps intruding sharply in my mind, My heart, and dreams. No, more in reverie Than nightmares, which is how dreams are defined Now. Visions which come floating back to me In daylight hours—reminding, say, of his Guitar and...
by phillipw | Sep 23, 2019 | ST
Struck by Lightning in the Shenandoah River He lumbers round behind my heart or lurks Beneath the surface where he drowned. He floats Submerged in memory and nothing works To exorcise the agony which dotes Around inside me. Under the stream His dark locks nearly...
by phillipw | Sep 23, 2019 | CH, ST
Resurrection Amos 5:8 and Psalm 137:11-12 A darkness came upon him, darker than His curls. Towards the earth like them it fell But with a weight to test his heart, this man, His heart and core and guts*. A note from Hell...