Invincibility A poem by Anthony Ward Invincibility Imagine there’s a wave closing over you And you’re lying there completely invulnerable, It may move you, but it can’t harm you. Imagine that bliss of being enclosed in water Without the worry... Continue Reading →
Not Concrete by Anthony Ward In our indeterminate future I imagine stepping onto a barren landscape Looking over at symmetrical mountains Towering above immense craters- As if set in stone. Yet this world is not concrete. It’s a living thing,... Continue Reading →
A Fine Wine by Anthony Ward These finely aged novels, Stored like bottles in a cellar, Become all the more portent with maturity. You want to drink their contents, Be intoxicated by their words, Until they have you speaking so... Continue Reading →
Sternutation by Anthony Ward We are but a sneeze through time Our lives so brief we barely notice Travelling at the speed of life Getting where we’re going before we’re gone The splendour of space converged to a future Culminating... Continue Reading →
Orbit by Anthony Ward We revolve within our orbits Our nearest and dearest as satellites Tiding our emotions Gravitating towards one another While maintaining our distance Our history bearing circumference As that of the planets that follow their cycles Like... Continue Reading →
Van Go by Anthony Ward Van Go out off your mind and escape The incarceration of your soul. Go out into the world and inhabit its beauty So that you may find sanctuary From that repulsive humanity. Van Go out... Continue Reading →