‘And now the ghosts and the dust settle in on my heart and I have no children, no apple trees, or sunshine. Only tears.’
My Mentor, Death is a collection of over 40 of Leslie D. Soule’s best poems, meditating on modernity, loss, and more. With deft language and cutting wit, Soule’s poetry illuminates the twisted landscape of the 21st century, creating a tableau of lost loves, depersonalization, and that specter that comes for all of us: death.
My Mentor, Death includes several poems published by Terror House Magazine in 2018 and 2019.
Table of Content
It Helps Me Understand You
There is a Place Inside
Part for Whole
Heartsick/Mindspent
A Piece of Your Soul
Throwing Paper
Met an Angel Once
A-3, the Cashier Bot
Bran Castle
When I Miss You
Rum and Pepsi
Death of the Prince
It’s Time
Dido of the Flames
Maybe You’ll Burn Me
Futuristic Body/Visionary Mind
Should I Break
The Second Dante
Gray Old Witch
To the Crossroads
Pecking Up the Evidence
My Mentor, Death
Shipwreck
When the Reaper Came for Me
No Going Back
The Day You Died
In the Moonlight
The Black Unicorn’s Decree
Briefly
The Rules of War
Magic
Living Ghost
Just Some Thoughts
Cut the Script
At Fate’s Behest
Four Princes I’ve Loved: An Ode
Luna, She’s a Crooner
On the Y
Stand-In
Waiting on a Black Train
Silence