by phillipw | Aug 13, 2026 | CR, DE, ET, TI
Eternity, Tymbals and Mere Time Ecclesiastes 9:5 Though nothing known of death’s forever song Waits over in cicadas’ singing, they Sing on forever in a day as long As days have ever been, as time astray As in eternity. Though time began When Christ spoke light and...
by phillipw | Aug 13, 2026 | Sonnet
Charles Randall Stanfield and Thomas Cranmer Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem But . . . what then if the death was not that grand, So noble as the death of martyrs at The stake but felt like holiness’s...
by phillipw | Aug 13, 2026 | Sonnet
A Singing Gleam that Sounds like Torture Unending Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The singing of cicadas seems as long As August stretched out past the limits of Bing Videos Eternity. This singing though...
by phillipw | Aug 13, 2026 | GO, HA, IM, LO, SU, VE
After Xanadu the Muteness of My Heart Crying for Lucifer Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “If only,” says the lover, “I could dream Again the words of reverie in sleep, If I could capture in my chest the...
by phillipw | Aug 12, 2026 | AE, AP, BE, ES, MA
Long After Greek Scrolls Long AftƏr GrƏƏk Scrolls Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Library Streaking The streaks of black across that treble brow Were carved in Heaven but inspired by Hell. Streaks...
