by phillipw | Dec 11, 2025 | BL, MY, WI
Reach Out and Touch The mystic cites a grain of sand. He means An emerald, cut, belonging to the New Jerusalem, implying all the greens That Christ created. Though the mystic knew Of sapphires and of diamonds, he chose To mean not blue; not purest of clarity; But...
by phillipw | Nov 28, 2025 | BL, Uncategorized, WI
Auguries of Sinnocence Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Hold on to grains of sand (through microscopes Or otherwise). Hold on to little things Because they are — and not mere mystic tropes In seers’...
by phillipw | Nov 28, 2025 | BL, MY
Blake as Fake Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The Greeks refused to leave the grain of sand Behind to soar to stars’ infinity. It is as if they had a mindful gland To fight against grand asininity....
by phillipw | Feb 26, 2025 | AE, BE, BL, ES, Uncategorized
The Firmament Above, the Flowers Below Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem In dawns and twilights, winds prefer their lips To whisper, breezes coming, if at all, As gently as a smile. Their fingertips Just...
by phillipw | Oct 7, 2024 | BL, WI
Universalist Units Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If grains of sands hold universes, then The cosmoses are grains of sand. The sense Is clear, the logic locked, and so the...
by phillipw | Sep 26, 2024 | BL, CR, SA
Cosmic Regurgitation Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Black holes are darker than the darkest spheres Of planets. You might fear them if you saw Them. Even more the darkest holes cause smears...
