by phillipw | Aug 7, 2019 | CH, LO, ST
Conversion I swallowed starlight when I saw you first, That night you came in through a holy gate And raised your hands in hallowed greeting, burst With beauty in a fevered Sabbath, straight From lukewarm life including tepid Christ. He was the son behind theology Of...
by phillipw | Aug 6, 2019 | AN
What Angels Do When Plastered What seraphs do when frescoed high above Us on the ceilings of a church has not Been contemplated. Cherubs gaze with love Upon the Virgin Mary and the cot Of straw and slumbering contents. Is that all They manage, stick to plaster roof...
by phillipw | Aug 6, 2019 | DI
For Pati I look upon my life like Disneyworld. In Disney’s realm the days are sunny stark, Or when it rains the wigs still stay stiff, twirled In spite of the humidity. The park In evening’s brilliant, too, since Klieg lights blare Away what darkness that sneaks in...
by phillipw | Aug 6, 2019 | LO
Sentimentality A sadness in his face that isn’t dark But maybe contemplation of pale things Like loss of love not worthy of remark Because it’s past and now has purple wings, No longer scarlet, settles in his eyes. His forehead, veiled with curls,...
by phillipw | Aug 5, 2019 | CU
Two Sides of One Channel, Sea, or Ocean A strand, another strand, two banks of one Wide river separate — but offer more. Exotic poetry entails a sun Unseen until the poems reach the foreign shore Across the currents of division. Then The poets there, beyond the...
