Sunday, February 21, 2021

Roses to the Poets

Roses to the poets who might have been, but for …


the paralysis of pain

the security of consent

the ease of silence


Roses for the stillborn words


© William Vollrath, 2020 

"Gladioli and Roses"
by Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904)
Guildhall Art Gallery
from Wikimedia Commons

2 comments:

jean said...

Exactky how I like my poetry, short, condensed and powerful!

listeningmoth said...

I feel this one quite personally. Thanks!