by phillipw | Mar 11, 2020 | CL
Michael Curtis of AEGEA ….. He wants to have the purest, clearest tongue, The crystal tongue that earliest of throats Employed. He wants to sing with voice so young That only sail-like vowels will move in boats On springs arising out of moveless rocks In...
by phillipw | Mar 11, 2020 | SI
Gurdwara Domes, White and Gold The gold dome and the white domes, prettier Than truth, present themselves above the sprawl Of western London with its grittier Industrial huge storage tanks. They brawl Beside the domes with practicality And oxidation (green). Tanks...
by phillipw | Mar 10, 2020 | AN, HE, LE, MU
Whistling in Koranic Wind “We will meet in the Paradise of free souls to which you will never have access.” ~ Antoine Leiris addressing the islamists who murdered his wife, Helène Muyal Helène Muyal A sentiment so lovely must be true. At least the part of us some...
by phillipw | Mar 10, 2020 | CH, ST
Above, the Ruthlessness, Below Churned up Shenandoah My friend has travelled to another sphere, A universe as unified as God In green Jehovah’s Witness Bibles. Fear Is absent there, but so is love, that odd Thing in the cosmos. I am left behind Like young Elisha on...
by phillipw | Mar 10, 2020 | AU
Pastels and Mists are not the Heights of Mystery The air of brilliant autumn days here in Vermont has something unexplained to say. New England has a revelation twin To mystery. Heavy with a light of day This revelation’s sense is not revealed. The mystery is...
