THE WHISPER REMAINSWhen freedom dies, it will be a whimper not a roar - it won't be destroyed, just given. Twenty-three poems written live on Twitch on March 18, 2026, in a single unbroken session of three hours and six minutes. No drafts. No revision in the moment. Thought becoming language becoming poem before a live audience. The Whisper Remains is a collection haunted by what is being lost. Freedom eroding quietly.
Chains visible and invisible. The cosmic indifference of a universe that keeps sending light from stars already dead. And underneath it all the question every soldier, every witness, every man walking toward what he cannot avoid must eventually answer - how do you carry yourself to the end?Erik M. Bonthron writes as MortusBard, a veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division and a poet working in North Carolina.
His work draws from the witness obligation - the understanding that some things must be said because they happened. The Whisper Remains is Volume IV of the MortusBard Twitch Sessions. Volumes I through III are available on Amazon and major ebook retailers.
THE WHISPER REMAINSWhen freedom dies, it will be a whimper not a roar - it won't be destroyed, just given. Twenty-three poems written live on Twitch on March 18, 2026, in a single unbroken session of three hours and six minutes. No drafts. No revision in the moment. Thought becoming language becoming poem before a live audience. The Whisper Remains is a collection haunted by what is being lost. Freedom eroding quietly.
Chains visible and invisible. The cosmic indifference of a universe that keeps sending light from stars already dead. And underneath it all the question every soldier, every witness, every man walking toward what he cannot avoid must eventually answer - how do you carry yourself to the end?Erik M. Bonthron writes as MortusBard, a veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division and a poet working in North Carolina.
His work draws from the witness obligation - the understanding that some things must be said because they happened. The Whisper Remains is Volume IV of the MortusBard Twitch Sessions. Volumes I through III are available on Amazon and major ebook retailers.