Hallucinations and Perceptions

Amid the noise of civilizational collapse, I invite you to read two new poems, one of which looks back to an early crisis of civilization, and the other looks into the permanent brilliance of the existence of things. Both appear in the Spring/Summer issue of Literary Matters, edited by the poet, translator, and critic, Ryan Wilson. Click on the pictures below to visit my poems. After reading them, have a look at the tremendous new issue of what is perhaps the most serious journal of contemporary literature being published in our time.

You will also find below a recording of "This Marvelous Being" made by the author.

From the Dream Journals of Denis Devlin

This Marvelous Being

This Marvelous Being, recited by the Author