by phillipw | Apr 4, 2021 | BU, CH, IM, RE, RO
He Wore his Royal Robes to Lead Out in Matins and Vespers Some lines of verse by Robert King of France Sing, simply pious, from one thousand years Gone by. We analyze them, though, askance Because his holiness had fatal fears Like flaming coals inside it. He was so...
by phillipw | Apr 4, 2021 | CH, DE, LO, ME, MO, ST
Submerged City You lie, a city now, beneath the clear Depths. You are still but we can see you move Because we knew you when you filled the sphere We call the past now. Memory can prove An old existence: archeology Can bring perfection up from underneath...
by phillipw | Apr 3, 2021 | CH, GO, JE, PO
Which God is Not “The intellect can understand any part of a thing as a part, but not as a whole. It can understand anything which God is not.” page 193 That’s really not what poetry can deal With. Poetry that’s poetry cannot Express the whole. A poem makes...
by phillipw | Apr 2, 2021 | CH, LO, RO, ST
24-carat Dreamscape Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When dining off gold plates, I think of you, Yes, not of Greek ambassadors around The tables of the Persian court. Peru Might spring to mind where...
by phillipw | Apr 1, 2021 | CH, LO, RO, ST
Prophecy from the Future Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You flew, the prophecy the future sent To me. You levitated up above My present and my past. My space/time bent Around you. This is...
by phillipw | Mar 31, 2021 | CH, GA, ST, TH, WO
The Brief Gate into Ecstasy Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He raised his hands and wrists to Christ and all The world was changed. The evening worship paused As if no God existed. I, like...
