by phillipw | Feb 6, 2024 | GA, Ho, IR, MA
Irises Not Dreaming of Other Irises Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem An iris cannot dream. It cannot dream Of blue, not even nearly purple blue, That wishes it were black. A cherubim, Once it had...
by phillipw | Nov 14, 2020 | AR, BA, IR
Bāneh The Zagros Mountains hold the city near In beauty. In the sun it opens like A sunflower, bright and rich. In winter clear Light shows the buildings. Snow-sped sunbeams strike It into greater loveliness beneath Ice peaks. In spring...
by phillipw | May 21, 2020 | CA, DO, IR, TO
Delights of Owning Cats The joys of owning cats or being owned By them are many, multifarious. Your house is eau de cologned With tomcat sprayings from the various Invaders through the cat flap, neighbourhood Intruders for widened territory. Humans who love the added...
by phillipw | Dec 16, 2019 | FR, IR
When God Wants Our Destruction When God wants our destruction, He’ll just take Away all irony and French cuisine— Well, those and what’s involved in them, like steak And red wine sauce, and platters with obscene Things like snails in garlic glop, ortolan Inhaled by...