Tag Archives: death

Leaving

riverwriter’s brief poetic look at the brevity of life, with podcast reading and commentary. Continue reading

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indelible

From the tall Roman aquaduct that survives in the heart of Firenze, windows and doors peer casually like eyes from within the sockets of a polished ancient skull at the tourists spending euros and pointing cameras. All manner of soft … Continue reading

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poet warrior

Seems obscene, the thought of a poet fighting: John McCrae, obscenely, in Flanders, writing caught in ink obscenity’s final purpose writing in Flanders. Moderns scoff at poets and when they do they think of silly newspaper verse and drivel flowing … Continue reading

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