by phillipw | May 12, 2020 | AN, AR, CH, HE, LO, PA, SE
Lucifer and the Other Multi-winged Ones, Seraphim and Cherubim “The deep lunges, forehead pressed to forehead, witnesses to rise and fall of chest and ever expanding wings.” ~ Jaime Mathis, “Blood Blister,” It Rises and Falls Those angels making love before the fall,...
by phillipw | May 12, 2020 | AE, BE, CH, ES, FR, LO, MA, ST
Unforgotten Love Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If love were like best poems, it would last Forever, or as long as things that are not God Survive. But love is not quite perfect, vast, And...
by phillipw | May 11, 2020 | CH, FR, LO, MA, ST
Extremes with Charles “Time stutters in your arms. It expands, diaphragm pushing down and out to make room for seconds smoothing into hours.” ~ Jaime Mathis, “Blood Blister,” It Rises and Falls I now invite you each to call up in Your mind the most important...
by phillipw | May 10, 2020 | CH, GO, LO, MA, SA, ST, TH, TR
Storm in the Friday Night Love Feast Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He raised his blue-veined wrists in notes to God The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. The last Force was to come, bolts to the...
by phillipw | May 10, 2020 | AC, CE, CH, ED, JA, MA, ME, RE
More Widely Sage than Plato Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A cave as classroom with a centaur (wise And just) as teacher is a place to learn, Surpassed by none. They straddled with their thighs...
by phillipw | May 10, 2020 | CH, EN, PO, WI, WO
Sweetness on the Desert Air Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If you retreated to provincial Kent, Were banished there from London’s buzz to rot Among the hops and bees where things are meant To be...
