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Poetics Presents

Philip Madden

Philip Madden, although a native of England, lives and works in Turkey. His poems, stories, articles, essays and interviews have appeared in Turkish Daily News, Skyline, Poetry Depth Quarterly, The Journal, Taproot Literary Review, Dark Moon Rising as well as online at www.strangehorizons.com.

HOSPITAL WARDS

Sorrow secretly stains the air
In the butter light.

Glimpses of faces unknown pass by
In the pale glass.

While a pile of blankets hide a dead man
In the bare corridor.

Slippers flip flop
On the bleached floor.

The mouth of time hangs open
In the looseness of old age.

While in the white walls grief weeps
In the cracks of broken hearts.

Copyright ©2004 by Philip Madden




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