“…the fire of wild flowers.”

In Memory of Charles Leonard Phillips

by Ellen C. Warren

Farewell Chuck! Good friend to many. My friend. Marvelous poet. Owner of the unforgettable and inimitable resounding voice. Mentor and advisor to the young. Lifelong seeker and, sometimes, finder. Wise man with a heart of gold and a vision that roiled from the deepest darkness and leapt to the most beneficent light.