by phillipw | Feb 15, 2020 | GO
Hush Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. ~ Psalm 84:3 The swallow and the sparrow do not sing Beside...
by phillipw | Feb 9, 2020 | CR, FI, GO
Dante and the Divine The truth is love alone it is which moves The sun and stars. That final line Of mastery says love alone, love proves The primal power and makes the heavens a shrine, And love not only was the first great cause But also is the...
by phillipw | Jan 6, 2020 | AS, AS, GO
I John 1:5 A damask tablecloth embraced by light From candelabra, and a Christmas tree Awake with twinkling, and Diwali night Are tempting us to think that light means glee. John’s God is light but too much brilliance blights: When Moses climbed the...
by phillipw | Dec 11, 2019 | DI, GO
Leviticus 11:19 I’m really tempted–ain’t you?–to eat bats. I mean, they’d be so succulent with all Those bugs they’ve munched, more delicate than rats On palate, right? Yep. Those fly-flavored, small Bones inside...
by phillipw | Dec 11, 2019 | GO
Why He Can Intervene Did God extend Himself, . . . stretch . . . to create The universe? Since He was everywhere Throughout the endless vacuum sans date Defined by blackest agate depths of space, He actually elected to withdraw His nth infinitude and folded up...
by phillipw | Oct 10, 2019 | GO
Splendor Exploding faster now, the universe Expands, violently, a spherical wave, A globe-shaped tidal wave or pyre, a curse. It is a wider-living deathly grave For all it gives birth to, a hex on life Produced in its calamities. It burns Flame breath across...