by phillipw | Feb 25, 2024 | FR, MA
Father and Friendship My father, he believed in friendship, so Much so he called his two first sons the names Of closest, most beloved of friends. Forgo The family obligations, family claims, Cut straight to purer love than heirdom’s weight, A nobler...
by phillipw | Feb 24, 2024 | BO
Inklings of Immortality Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Perhaps these stones are where the gods sit when We spend mere time away from boulders, waste Our spirits. Rocks like these wait not...
by phillipw | Feb 24, 2024 | EX
Destruction of Nihilism Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The silence of the flowers is heard by ears Inside the ribcage, there inside curved bones, Their marrow. Silence of the flowers...
by phillipw | Feb 23, 2024 | EN, SA
In the Woodland This moment, then another, cherry trees Experience a lifted limb, their blooms Go up and down. A blast of wind, or breeze As gentle as the blossoms sees their tombs Implied. “Is this enlightenment?” spring asks. In Maytime forests here...
by phillipw | Feb 22, 2024 | CH, ST
The Pleiades and the Church of the Savior Bing Videos When he has died, perfection throbs through all, Not just through him but also through a height Complete, distilled, sublimed. An Everest tall With peak of ice both see-through and pure white Like heaven’s...
