by phillipw | Mar 17, 2020 | AE, BE, PO
An Absolute Poem “Its evocation will not be toward decoration or amusement, but rather toward a state of consciousness, an ‘innocence’ (Blake) or absolute beauty.” ~ Hart Crane, “Aims and Purposes” We dream of promenading streets of gold, A gold so perfect...
by phillipw | Feb 7, 2020 | AB
An Extreme Diet I eat from saucers since I live alone. Life’s portions do not need a dinner plate When love is gone. God gives a stone And not a loaf, unless the bread has hate As butter—or, at best, indifference. Small Cups made to fit a doll’s house...
by phillipw | Jan 26, 2020 | AB
Force If only we could read the Absolutes As clear as Plato’s, diamond sheen on The streets of Heaven, clearest eyed recruits To Hitler’s Youth, and Zarathrustra’s dawn, Then we could be the prophets of all time, And times beyond it,...
by phillipw | Jan 22, 2020 | AB, RI, VE
I Do not Think the Boy I do not think the boy will ever leave me, But if he does, I’ll sleepwalk through the rest Of time with Holy God’s dark rosary In hand and fumble beads to make the best Of days and nights and years and decades lost To...
by phillipw | Jan 6, 2020 | AS, ST
The Life of Stars Stars lives are always long, slow deaths. They die And live by burning. Furnace-like, their cores Consist of catastrophic heat. They fry The elements just like inquisitions Turned crazies into saints. Crushed hydrogen Produces helium. ...
by phillipw | Jan 6, 2020 | AS, AS, GO
I John 1:5 A damask tablecloth embraced by light From candelabra, and a Christmas tree Awake with twinkling, and Diwali night Are tempting us to think that light means glee. John’s God is light but too much brilliance blights: When Moses climbed the...
