by phillipw | Apr 5, 2026 | JU, MO, SA, Uncategorized, WH
And They Despise Villanelles, Too Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The near rectangularity of shape Of sonnets tempts at least a few to scorn Them: “Set too strict!’’ “Too much like freedom’s rape!’’ They...
by phillipw | Mar 8, 2026 | BU, CH, FA, HI, IS, JU, OR, PR, RE, TR
The Spider Webs of Fibers Finer than Charmeuse Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We find ourselves between the basest hopes And silliest of fears. When still we find Ourselves despite religions and those...
by phillipw | Feb 10, 2026 | JU
The Kiss in His Light Blue Eyes “I change not” That kiss remains in memory, crimson, live Like marrow in the rib that’s nearest to Heart’s atria once inner organs sieve Life’s poisons out so anything dark blue Is cleansed away. That kiss remains throughout Six...
by phillipw | Jan 4, 2026 | JU, NO, PA
Julian the Apostate was Proclaimed Emperor in What are Now the Precints of Notre Dame de Paris When Julian the emperor became The master of the realm, his men proclaimed His highness. Then the giant changes came. This heir of Constantine thought he had shamed The...
by phillipw | Dec 4, 2025 | CL, FR, JU
The Archetypal Architecture of the Blind She lived inside a moment where her clocks Ticked out the moments but from one to three, That’s all, a very certain cube-like box Of circumscribed doctrinal certainty. For her those things like dreams are more for Freud Or...
by phillipw | Mar 5, 2025 | CH, JU
The Peaceable Kingdom Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Whatsoever things are true . . . think on these.” Philippian 4:8 Our world can never be pristine again. It never was, yet all too many feel It...
