by phillipw | Apr 5, 2022 | BA, CA, WH, WO
Canaveral Olympic Sport The Splashothrills In Response to Wordsworth and the Daffodils The brothers and the sisters set a race Of sorts. They go out to the little dock And brace up on that sunlit wooden space, Banana River space. Some lift up frock...
by phillipw | Apr 5, 2022 | CA, WH, WO
Dance Floor Wonder, Wow! Canaveral in the 1920s stood For ultra boondocks-ness. A band made up Of ukulele and a shiny wood Guitar and small accordion played up For tiny audiences in the hall. Still, people simply have to make do with The stuff to hand. But then a...
by phillipw | Mar 27, 2022 | CA, PR
Clarity and Confusion Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He shows contentment with his claws. A paw In whiteness stretches out and claws curve out Of white and pink. The curves of...
by phillipw | Feb 24, 2022 | CA, FL, HI, LU
The Heavenly Choir after It Fell on Florida The spider web comes Hot against his face; August In damp Kulaqua. In Florida humidity comes full On like a curse. A thunderstorm comes down In swashing curtains made of wet warm wool. A coolness follows but then comes...
by phillipw | Sep 9, 2021 | CA, DR, SL, TW
Cat Snap The cat sinks slowly into sleep but not Too deeply. Holding onto surface wit Enough to settle in its cardboard cot, A box lid, furred, unfazed, it starts to knit Together dreams and life until its tail Stops swaying slightly at its tip...
by phillipw | Aug 30, 2021 | CA, DO, FE
Waking Honesty Our cats are not like us. They sleep the sleep Of focused soldiers, dreaming dreams that we Would never dare. Cats’ drowsing isn’t deep But deep enough. They live hyperbole Or, at the least, intensity. They curl Around,...
