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.

Only a Few

2019-09-17T10:58:00-07:00

Is it only a few who take the path of many windings who river-like find their way?   What is it I asked one near to my heart who looking [...]

Only a Few2019-09-17T10:58:00-07:00

Watching

2019-07-29T12:37:20-07:00

Watching dew evaporate in sunshine a hermit wrapped in a threadbare coat writes as if to his illusory self Let everything disappear   Sitting beneath a pine grasping his knees [...]

Watching2019-07-29T12:37:20-07:00

THE COMPOSER

2019-07-29T11:54:20-07:00

As when a poet imagined they gave the animal that never was space   and fed it love until it grew a spiraling horn having had that power being themselves imagined   he [...]

THE COMPOSER2019-07-29T11:54:20-07:00

Pain After Pain

2019-04-14T10:35:40-07:00

  1     You're counseled when waking to the quick of pain distract yourself    concentrate on breath let Divine Will have its way with you accept what you cannot mitigate [...]

Pain After Pain2019-04-14T10:35:40-07:00

Manifestations

2019-02-16T12:44:13-07:00

When he listed his manifestations what was missing? He is the lion among beasts and the Himalaya He is the raucous jay and the jet heading eastward through hurtling clouds   [...]

Manifestations2019-02-16T12:44:13-07:00

Dark Times

2019-02-03T12:09:18-07:00

Augustine fearing that his powers of endurance may break pled set me on fire with your love I tasted you and now I hunger and thirst for you   Bonaparte [...]

Dark Times2019-02-03T12:09:18-07:00

That Seldom Found Time

2019-01-01T10:08:19-07:00

This is that seldom found time   reposeful    your feet resting on soft leather  warming in mid-morning light   Fragile webs of cloud shape and reshape      moving in slow motion southward  Billions [...]

That Seldom Found Time2019-01-01T10:08:19-07:00

As the Body Wanes

2018-11-13T12:21:13-07:00

About some compensating subtle change the aging speaker and I agree Asked he named it forgivingness The word surrender came to me surrender to the stumbles the avalanche of errors [...]

As the Body Wanes2018-11-13T12:21:13-07:00

The Panda Eats Bamboo

2018-11-13T12:15:18-07:00

He doesn't meditate on a rock by the river praying for the power to save himself has no sense of jeopardy Prophetic vision doesn't perturb him given his ability to [...]

The Panda Eats Bamboo2018-11-13T12:15:18-07:00

CALLED

2018-09-13T12:03:38-07:00

Causes – the battered women cause    the endangered earth cause cause of the diseased    cause of the addicted the deranged cause of those enslaved by too much of [...]

CALLED2018-09-13T12:03:38-07:00
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