“But then again,/it’s only ever been the thought that counts.”
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Erich J. Prince
Erich J. Prince is the editor of Merion West. Erich has contributed to a variety of publications including The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Hartford Courant, The News & Observer, the Orlando Sentinel, and The Hill. He studied political science at Yale, completing his thesis on polarization in the United States Congress.
Category: Poetry
Woodmont
Famous First Words
“All those routines!/And unhappiness can be alike.”
Footnote to Larkin
“We should also be kind while we may.”
Oncology
“More truths than cancer creep beneath our speech.”
The River Walk
“They bring us here, to a place/Elsewhere, where there is no motion”
Epilogue
“The citruses will still bear fruit, and if not these,/There will be others to form the soft flesh/Of oranges, new limes: all creating in their rot.”
Equinox
“Yet the cold does not rest there.”
Warding off Scurvy
“Because there’s little more to friendship than warding off scurvy or having a catch.”
But Thinking Makes It So
“Thinking leads to Hell. The way is wide…”
Amor Fati
“Which is worse—/A hard death/Or a hard birth—”
Epicycle(s)
“Wilderness of whys./Labyrinth of I’s./Foreground, background./Busy, busy eyes.”
Third Wave
“The statistics were/like our scores—and we wanted/to lead the boards…”
