by phillipw | Apr 4, 2021 | HY
Black and White Segregation The Sabbath is entirely to itself. We make it stranger to the other days. We place the Sabbath on a sacred shelf And close the cupboard door. Its windows glaze The Sabbath off, though, notionally, it Can look through glass to see unholy...
by phillipw | May 22, 2020 | AR, GA, HE, Ho, HY, JA, JO, LE, ST
Herakles, the Greatest Greek Hero, Outshone His Junior, Jason (a Bright Star), in All Majestic Ways John Keats perverts the “bright star” image. First An ancient poet wrote that Jason shone, “A bright star,” such as one that brides would thirst For, brides-to-be,...
by phillipw | May 22, 2020 | AL, GO, HY, RE
And Lifted Up If poets and composers failed to come, Then who would write the hymns for Venus, Mars, And Jupiter? Our race would be a numb Excuse for souls. If none could look at stars Through telescopes, or build an altar, then Existing would become a...
by phillipw | May 14, 2020 | AN, HY
Crochet and Chain Mail Strength The weaving of a rhythm and a song With speech is what the meaning of a hymn Was in the ancient world. So, this has long Been part of what our souls require. This rim Of beauty has been held the best since time Was human. We have...
by phillipw | Nov 7, 2019 | HY
Seeds Sewn on the Sabbath Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 On Sabbath we would play a special game, Monopoly. The streets were mission fields, The houses were the clinics, and the name We gave...
by phillipw | Sep 20, 2019 | HE, HY, LO
Heracles, Hero of Hardness and of Pumping Power Theocritus of Syracuse, Idyll XIII As far as Hylas was concerned, not just The heart of Heracles was bronze. That part The boy controlled because heroic lust Took over certainly was not the heart Of...
by phillipw | Aug 26, 2019 | HY
Prayers of Hypocrites Do prayers of hypocrites pierce through the clouds And enter God’s soft earlobe? Does God bend His ear unto their beggings? There’d be crowds Of them aflapping at their journey’s end If heaven’s gates are slammed against...