by phillipw | May 19, 2024 | BL, RH
A Beam in the Eye It’s quite a botheration to admit That critics, gifted though they are, can slip Up. One that I can reverence and sit And read for years and decades easily can strip Away respect with one remark on Keats. The critic maybe had an insight...
by phillipw | Nov 5, 2023 | BL, CH, ST, UN, WI
Not Holy Enough my Bow He gave to me the end of this, a string Of gold. I tried to make it endless, pure. His love of Heaven’s white hot God might sing Perfection. Love like that, though, could not cure His sickness. My affection also could Not heal...
by phillipw | Aug 6, 2023 | BL, PE, PH, SO, WI
Bliss’s Obsidian Wand Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Maleness is magic, the potent principle of universal creativity.” ~ Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae, 40 A warlock holds his...
by phillipw | May 1, 2023 | BL, GO, MU
Before the Foundation of the World Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I never can feel certain of any truth, but from a clear perception of its beauty. ~ John Keats If we were forced to choose between a...
by phillipw | Jan 13, 2023 | AR, BL, MO
Unlike Us Who Shrivel Separately The morning glories Brandish side by side and then They wither, wither. ~ Hokushi (Englished by Phillip Whidden) It is as if the vines and tendrils grow Because some God thinks He has made...
by phillipw | Aug 25, 2022 | AS, BL, MU, PH
The Music of the Sphere Known as a Black Hole "Listen to the Spooky Sounds of a Black Hole in NASA Audio" https://t.co/h55hr9lOBy — Phoenix Rising ♀️☯️🧙♂️🇨🇦🇹🇹🔥💫 (@Phoenix22555220) August 23, 2022 Beyond the realm of Seven Sisters, sound Reverberates...
