The Ecphorizer
| Lines of Excommunication |
| Neal Wilgus |
Issue 09 (April 2007)
with one bold stroke of pen:
I excommunicate it all - and then
I turn and take it back again!
Neal's been a frequent contributor to the original print version of The Ecphorizer and now he has graciously offered to let us reprint some of his original poems and stories. These three poems first appeared in Rhymed and Dangerous, © 2004 Neal Wilgus, published by Kindred Spirit Press in Corrales, New Mexico.
Contributor Profile
Neal Wilgus
Neal Wilgus was born in Jerome, Arizona. He has a degree in English from Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, and moved to New Mexico while working for the US Forest Service in the early 60s. He is a prolific writer of poetry, science fiction, and satirical humor. His latest chapbooks are The Leakoids: Newsalizing the Nation, and Rhymed and Dangerous, a book of poems. Neal currently resides in Corrales, New Mexico, and works the night shift with his illustrator, Filo Martinez, who provided the sketch of Neal at right.
| The Wanderer and the Fool |
| Neal Wilgus |
Issue 09 (April 2007)
wise in the ways of the road,
met a fool
and his mule.
The wanderer
smiled and said as he strode,
"Do you fear
to leave here?"
The fool
had wandered far in his dreams
and was wise
in disguise.
"A fool,"
he said, his eyes speaking reams,
"need not go
to find woe."
Contributor Profile
Neal Wilgus
Neal Wilgus was born in Jerome, Arizona. He has a degree in English from Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, and moved to New Mexico while working for the US Forest Service in the early 60s. He is a prolific writer of poetry, science fiction, and satirical humor. His latest chapbooks are The Leakoids: Newsalizing the Nation, and Rhymed and Dangerous, a book of poems. Neal currently resides in Corrales, New Mexico, and works the night shift with his illustrator, Filo Martinez, who provided the sketch of Neal at right.
| Born Again |
| Neal Wilgus |
Issue 09 (April 2007)
of the last supper -
the dinner was a downer
but the wine was an upper.
The floorshow was dull-
more than I could suffer.
I went and had a secret smoke -
a reality buffer.
The whole thing seemed stupid -
the saviour seemed a sucker.
When I see the kiss of death
I sure as hell don't pucker!
Contributor Profile
Neal Wilgus
Neal Wilgus was born in Jerome, Arizona. He has a degree in English from Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, and moved to New Mexico while working for the US Forest Service in the early 60s. He is a prolific writer of poetry, science fiction, and satirical humor. His latest chapbooks are The Leakoids: Newsalizing the Nation, and Rhymed and Dangerous, a book of poems. Neal currently resides in Corrales, New Mexico, and works the night shift with his illustrator, Filo Martinez, who provided the sketch of Neal at right.