Philip Costea : Writing

Hotel Dina

Hotel Dina

A Poem by Philip Costea


written after seeing my mom cry on vacation in Rome
Rebel Yawn

Rebel Yawn

A Poem by Philip Costea


What vice does life grant you if you don’t have a penchant for the rebel hidden behind shades and leather? When you feel the rum..
upon the new pad

upon the new pad

A Poem by Philip Costea


The freshness of a new settingSettles slow like smoke into thin air.I haven’t been able to taste this new place with rested eyes yet.Everything&..
An Injunction on Joy

An Injunction on Joy

A Poem by Philip Costea


I seek joy not as a compensation for lack of humoror a sense of itbut as a necessity of fulfillmentI hear my son laugh sometimes with the deepest sens..
poet with a gun

poet with a gun

A Poem by Philip Costea


Bravado strolls with the clink of spurs on weather-beaten bootshis words sear, branding a being wholethrough layers of lackluster rootsSifting for wor..