This poem about museums, mysteries and our perception of art appeared in londemere lit's Issue 3: iridescence, pp. 46-48.

I'll bring you 17th century flowers, if you tell me about invisible artworks

This poem is part of the Spring Edition. It can be found on p. 69. You can also listen to me reading the poem here: https://www.penumbraonline.com/readings 

A wildflower on a highway's shore

A poem experimenting with melancholic metaphors, dead flowers and slightly naive language. Published online in Issue 3: Flower language 

Temperaments and tides

Written in March, this poem is about a spring that has not yet arrived. Published in Mini-issue 01: Spring. The issue is available as a pdf on the website, my poem is on pp. 10-11.

Last year's spring

This piece was first published by Livina Press (Issue 6).

When sunlight meets a tree

This piece portrays writing as the process of saying goodbye. Published online on the blog.

Novel writing

A poem about our perception of writers' ambitions and regrets. Published online on the blog.

A writer's note

A poem about a fragile utopia we may create with our writing and art, published online on the blog.

Where trees can't grow

A poem about our perception of art, published online on the blog. 

Arts and Lies

A poem about eternity and subtle change. Published in Issue 2, p. 3 (Online). 

The Opera House

This poem tells the story of trying and failing to capture moments with words. Published in Issue 3, p. 71. (Online)

When flowers nod goodbye

This poem is a criticism of ambition. Published in Issue 3, p. 68. (Online)

Something to keep

A poem about artists, shadows and lost dreams, published in Issue 3, p. 66. (Online)

Soft Shadows

A melancholic winter poem, published in londemerelit's second issue. (Online, pdf)

Old songs

As part of the anthology "The half-life of echoes. Poems about the power & fragility of memories", edited by Kip Knott, this poem focuses on everything we could be if we remembered all beautiful things we ever came across.

Small ambitions

A prose piece about gardens, shadows, a departing summer and our thoughts in Issue 6 of Livina Press, p. 87.

A piece about an alarm clock and the sky, lanterns performing their duty, the travels of clouds and a return to a famous scene in "War and Peace", published in Issue 3: Nimbus

time and Time

I often thought that historic buildings distrusted the poet more than the painter. And yet, old cathedrals have become a universal poetic language, spoken by many artists. My poem "Gothic windows" tries to participate in this discussion. 

Gothic Windows

You approach a book with a specific goal in mind. And sometimes you take a step back and reflect on your reading process. This is what I did in this short essay. Published in Issue Five of Livina Press, p. 100.

Academic Reading

My poem describes the calm beauty of nature and the way we think about spring. It was published on the blog among other works on the theme "flora and fauna"

Milena Filipps

Selected work