by phillipw | May 7, 2020 | BO, DR, JO, LA, PA, PH, WE, WH, WI
Recurring, Not Forgotten Florida Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The childhood cosmos that returns in dreams Is full of butter suns, smooth, yellow, bright. The light is not like melting candy creams...
by phillipw | Apr 22, 2020 | JO, LA
The Aroma of Myrrh and the Beloved of John “Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.” ~ John 11:39 (KJV) “he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come...
by phillipw | Feb 17, 2020 | LA, SE
Revelation 12:5 “the snows of yesteryear” Desires denied fill time like Arctic waste, Antarctic nights. Since in eternity These passion are abandoned, they stay chaste Forever. Virginal alternity To life, they lie in deep-freeze space, As...
by phillipw | Jan 23, 2020 | LA
An Early March Morning Near Windsor The calmer tints of colours are the way Of English landscape. Turner got it wrong. He seemed to fail to see the huddled grey That lurks behind the hues, whether in long And sweeping sunsets or in golden views. “The Hay Wain” and...
