A collective dash for shelter in the city takes on a spiritual, near-religious power
A collective dash for shelter in the city takes on a spiritual, near-religious power
Storm in Brooklyn Subway
Thistle of rain.
We seek temple from tempest,
litany in lightning,
An emblem of medieval pilgrimage gains fresh resonance in a more recent time of plague
A journey through a visionary landscape, exceptionally bright in icy weather, conjures a surreal semi-mythical world
An atheist’s complaint at the scant room made by the church for his personal commemoration of the dead
This haunting poem depicts an elusive, dangerous figure of overwhelming destructive power
From an almost whimsical beginning, these verses on wishing to overcome mortality grow lyrical and deeply moving
A melancholy December vision in Liverpool invokes a Dickensian ghost with more worldly but still warm realism
