by phillipw | Apr 10, 2026 | PO, ST
An Altar-like Looking-glass Dimension Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The world which he enters when he writes Is like a realm of two-way mirrors set Apart. This other realm is not his nights And not his...
by phillipw | Apr 10, 2026 | CA, DE
Kipper and His New Home Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Before we even moved, we thought of him. We did not think of death. We first put in His cat flap. This was not a loving whim. We planned his...
by phillipw | Apr 10, 2026 | PH, RE, SA
Clear Blue and Clear White Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “from everywhere, from nowhere” ~R. H. Blyth Sometimes it seems the universe is clear In what it says. A daybreak comes in blue Of almost...
by phillipw | Apr 9, 2026 | PE, TR
Unchangingness Must Change Patrick Stewart as Macbeth (“Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow”) Ian McKellen as Macbeth (“Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow”) – YouTube You sometimes feel that life goes on the same. The birds that sang...
by phillipw | Apr 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
Homeless Sweet Homeless Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Most animals make do without a house Of any kind. Beneath the sky of veldt They browse and scratch their fur to shift a louse, Their only roof the...