by phillipw | Mar 9, 2026 | AE, AN, BE, BL, ES, SE
Twenty-four Carat Sapphire-colored Songs If God made angels blue, both blue and gold In wing, blue haired, but lavender in robe, Of course they might look far too sky-blue cold And so in yellow light He might englobe Them, warming them in heaven’s airs. The sea That...
by phillipw | Mar 9, 2026 | BL, Uncategorized
Before the Birth of Azure Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The bluest of the blues cannot be seen But when it can be viewed, it is the gem Invisible inside glass daytime’s screen. It is the midnight blue...
by phillipw | Mar 5, 2026 | BL, BU, CH, JE, PA, VI
That Hand Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I cannot understand why everyone Misunderstands that hand raised up, that palm Turned towards the viewer. Black and white keen nun Assumes that Jesus...
by phillipw | Feb 26, 2026 | AN, BA, BL, CA, EG
Karnak Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The cat communicates what cats can say From ancient Egypt onwards. Cats and men Rubbed, just as people pet their cats today. A hungry cat would rub again,...
by phillipw | Jan 13, 2026 | BL, LO, MO, MU, NI
Assignations Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Assign the fence to mockingbirds in love. Assign the limb to nightingales and moons, The sky to larks in spirals up above, The blackbird’s vapored song...
by phillipw | Dec 26, 2025 | AU, BL, WI
Reduced to Perfect Expansion — Grammar for Mystics Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It’s quite a trap, you know, this seeing of The universe contained within a grain Of sand, the sending of a thought above...
