by phillipw | Dec 14, 2024 | AN, BA, EP, LE, LO, PO, RO
The Loss of the Louvre Imagine that the world of pictures died And words alone were left. The Instagram And TikTok types would all want suicide. Then poetry would rule; this oriflamme Of language would replace nought one, nought one Of photographs and...
by phillipw | Dec 13, 2024 | IM, JU
Bluegrass Reverie in the Spirit of the Ages Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I want the hurricane to quit its hate And turn to Caribbean breeze in palm And orchid blooms. I dream a winter’s skate On ice...
by phillipw | Dec 10, 2024 | SE, TR, Uncategorized
“As all the Heavens were a [Hollow] Bell” the music of the spheres If I could fall forever through a space We can’t imagine, through the space where spheres Are less than spirit, where mere physics’ place Is less than we can see, through...
by phillipw | Dec 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Transfusion not Transmigration I need transfusion of your blood from you, Inserted needle in my veins, the flow Of red and white cells from your heart and through My person and my spirit. Help love grow Throughout my body, giving what you can Inside my being, giving...
by phillipw | Dec 9, 2024 | ST
“Take the Current When It Serves” It’s not my business to confirm or not Existence of some worlds to come, or world Forbidden from creation, or the dot We call right now, or fates to be unfurled. It’s not my business to affirm the soul, Its...