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Bitterly splendid

A Poem by William Paris

It came upon a midnight clear the stars shone bright down into a crisp clear winter’s night from within my window’s safe light ..

An unknown poet

A Poem by William Paris

I. CityPerhaps beyondthis gray dusty worldof methane lit streetsfalling vapours of jet fuelpiles of trash on the pavinglike drifts of dirty snowbeyond..

And in the rubble

A Poem by William Paris

There came a great groaning a sound from a creaking ship my face suddenly awash in warmth as the breath of hell came forth rustling m..

Her Privates We

A Poem by William Paris

I. Over there A flurry of movement suddenly and we are seaborne bound for some port of call on the soil of France some yelling s..

II[1]. Obergefreiter Werner Brckner, 9 Infanteri..

A Poem by William Paris

I. Ernst Kauptmann I was always the weak one smaller than all my friends so, when we would gather to play games and pick sides, I was..

PRZYTUŁEK

A Poem by William Paris

I. Einsatzgruppen (After we had left the car, and wandered a bit, Dad walked to a small mound with a certainty such that I knew �..

Just another mass shooting

A Poem by William Paris

Let the Autumn come againAnd colours blaze forthLet the leaves erupt in redsCrimsons, scarlets and ambersLet the leaves bleed their veinsFall upon the..

Winter's Bone

A Poem by William Paris

There’s a bird outsideSittin’ lanely allein ane the wireAne ‘ees no singin’Tae cald tae be a crierDreich ane bitterThe cloud a..

Where there was...

A Poem by William Paris

This morning I awokeI wandered through my homeBut I cannot comprehendthis landscape I roamWhere there was rocknow there is sandand a darkly falling as..

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

A Poem by William Paris

The wind rustles the dry leavesand the sun shines warmly yellow throughI step out into this worldeach foot before the otherlike I did some 68 years be..