by phillipw | Mar 9, 2025 | AL, AS
Constellations as Cathedrals Filled with Scientific Light Beside the seashore near my childhood home The stars are nearer, not just starlight; stars Themselves are closer in the heavens’ dome. It used to be that something like high haars Divided us from Alpha Tauri. ...
by phillipw | Mar 2, 2025 | AB, AS, BU, LO, RA, RO, SA, SE
Mount La Verna’s No for Me Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Along with love comes fear the way a cat Brings fur and puurs and claws, entangled, one. You cannot love the cave without fanged...
by phillipw | Aug 22, 2024 | AS
Trapped in Various Spaces Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If Jupiter could smash the railway track, It would, but, spinning far too far away, Fails. Asteroids space’s junk-like flak Would kill wee...
by phillipw | Jul 28, 2024 | AS, MO, SU
Various Ways of Gauging Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The stars and planets and the moon mislead Us. Lunar influences tend to be worst, Irrational at best. The comets speed And glitter, each a...
by phillipw | Jul 17, 2024 | AS, PE, SA
“They began to stretch their necks, extend their wings, open their beaks and gaze at him attentively.” ~ St. Bonaventure Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem To love one special animal, your pet For instance,...
by phillipw | Jul 9, 2024 | AS
Love’s Unreliable Astrolabe Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A rose is like an astrolabe if you Will use it wisely. Let it find the stars You want to lick beyond earth’s lowering blue. Allow...
