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The SCP has just learned of the passing of Canadian Member poet Lionel Willis on December 28, 2023. He had been contributing his work since 2021, starting after his wife passed away in 2020. He is survived by his two sons and three grandchildren. The SCP sends its condolences to his family.
Read Lionel’s poetry published by the SCP HERE. Some of his poems are also featured in Journals X and XI.
Read more about Lionel’s life on Legacy.com HERE.
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. Endless Dreaming a villanelle I lunge ahead in bed and start to scream. The nightmare’s end is far; I’m...
. Promise While winter holds her icy grip __There’s promise in south breezes That make their yearly northward trip--- __Springtime,...
Well done on that first poem especially, Adam. The Nazi concentration camps were based on the Soviet gulags. The Nazis…
This was an entertaining and well crafted poem. It’s surreal that the subject matter actually exists; thanks to your poem…
Thank you, Margaret C.! I enjoyed your clever and creative response to my poem. from Margaret B.
To Jeremiah and Roy, Thank you, gentlemen, for your generous comments!
Nice touch that "Tod" (death) is the "new kid on the block." It nicely sets up the narrator's clueless Rosencrantz…
My condolences to the family.
Slow Verse
such words..
That’s really unfortunate.
I am so sorry to hear this. I only knew Lionel briefly through his poetry and comments – both are valuable to me. Lionel has left a shining legacy of linguistic wonder for his family and friends to indulge in and for the words he shared here, I am most grateful.
Memory eternal.
Sorry to learn of this. Rest in Peace and Poetry, Lionel.
Memory eternal.
Eternal rest grant unto him “in the long sleep beyond reach of civility and art,” to quote himself.
I have looked for copies of Lionel Willis’s books in vain and was sorry to learn of his death. May he rest in peace.