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.
Death
To an old man what is more natural than to die? Cicero Individuals die species die the fleeting made eternal through incessant change yet how unnatural it seems that eels [...]
Havoc
What havoc! even the winds and seas are in revolt in this best of all possible worlds where peace is only possible in intimacy cultivate your own garden accept what is in quietude [...]
The Second Hand (Antiphone)
She asks what is sacred answers herself a mint stem's naked rootlets in a waterglass a second hand clicking blackwings plunging through an ocean of air a stab at the crown of [...]
Radiance Remembered
It was Rabbit you blamed for eating the primrose In reality it was Squirrel munching and digging with his sharp rodent claws excavator acrobat evoking laughter his sandy-tan belly hugging the swaying birdfeeder foiled again [...]
Hymn
What if the sovereign himself is the villainous destroyer [...]
Signature
Listening...we don't. The inner conversation never stops. It's a constant racket – Philip Glass Almost breathless I sat down in my balcony mid-center seat just as Pinchas Zukerman assured [...]