Category Archives: Poetry

There is no Middle Ground in the Middle East

We cannot understand why peace is so rare, so elusive, so enigmatic, so spare, so lost in the anger, the soul’s wear and tear. Within Gaza’s rubble, the body count swells, reciprocal death pummels the smoky air, missiles have no conscience, a design of war. Here, we take to the streets, do placard battle, espouse […]

18 May, 2021 – 2:03 am | By Bill Engleson | Posted in Poetry | Comments (3)

Rise, Spring Sun

Winter slinks into view, a wily stranger from the unforgiving east, a weather feast alighting on the land, suffering shadows. Here I ignite my stove, cedar and fir burn, as I peer into the night, content to hide, to shelter in the warmth, the comfort of home. On the coming morrow, snow mantles the earth, […]

15 February, 2021 – 8:09 pm | By Bill Engleson | Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , , | Comments (3)