Poetry Posts are a bi-monthly email of new poems by Phyllis Stowell with the intention of carrying on a poetic dialogue. Individuals who wish to respond are invited to send to me a quote, a lyrical paragraph or a poem of their own. If appropriate, I will post this response in the GUEST folder. If individuals prefer to write something personal not for the GUEST folder, I will respond by email. Posts will be archived for a limited period of time.
The Woodpecker and the Speaker
He spoke with a solemn resonant voice saying in this time of the long dark descend down down into darkness unseeing unknowing stay in the dark unmoving still Unseeing unknowing how are [...]
Gnosis
When you get seriously old your dreams vacate nowhere If you're lucky just as daybreak pink seeps between a needles' eye a yellow jack knife suspended there simulacrum of Jerry's red army knife the [...]
Identy Theft
No I refuse I will not cease to be me this name this birthdate these secret codes are mine No to the sneak-thief hiding backstage too human to name devil a coward money-mad or [...]
The Expectation
No I was wrong There is a beginning and there is an end Eternal time is now and never Ask your (dead) parents Your carry-all is gone Your black cat has a fatal [...]
What Dwells Within
A handmade ceramic fountain planted with desert flora each in its tiny eloquent identity succulent greens blush oranges hints of orpiment yellow at its height a multi-fingered upthrust glorying in no more no lesser life [...]
Fog
Nothing could be discerned in its porous density Stooping over I tried to print something important A black glove gripped my wrist I screamed Don't scream he kindly said as if [...]