by phillipw | Nov 25, 2019 | CR
The Uncut Version A rodent with a nut tucked in its cheek Displays the bulge, a greedy fur balloon, A swelling larger than its head. The beak Of pelican expands. The whole lagoon Is gulped to swill small fish. In fact, it’s hard To think of an example in this...
by phillipw | Nov 14, 2019 | CR
From Everlasting to Everlasting The clearest tenor note from man or brass Bell shape extended speaks now through the heart. It doesn’t matter if there is no mass For it to fit into or there’s no part For it in harmonies or choir. The note Itself is why Jehovah’s...
by phillipw | Oct 16, 2019 | CR, TR
I Saw the Cricket Ground I saw the cricket ground in evening light, In Windsor light with calm men moving through The evening air and dressed in cricket white. Long centuries are contained beneath the blue Of evening sky which folds the chestnut blooms In its...
by phillipw | Oct 10, 2019 | CR, MI
Golden Miami Viewed at Night from the International Space Station Before Jehovah’s breath commanded light, The dark ruled absolute in every place Except where God enjoyed his perfect might, Perhaps. There was no nighttime there. God’s face Was altogether...
by phillipw | Oct 6, 2019 | CH, CR, MA, ST
He Never Came to Travel in the Coach Past Regal Fields with Me ‘A chain was provided to bind him to the stake, and after it had tightly encircled him, fire was put to the fuel, and the flames began soon to ascend. Then were the glorious sentiments of the martyr made...
by phillipw | Sep 24, 2019 | CR, GO
Slew Across the universe the only straight Component is the hasty one, the light God spoke, that first thing that obeyed the weight Of his commands. Jehovah found it slight, Though, boring—or it seems he did because He never made another item in...