by phillipw | Jan 27, 2024 | GA, Ho, KA, LO, LU, MA, NE, RO, UN
Unlike You and Him There seemed a time (if time can merely seem) When we soared parallel, so did not touch, The lack of touching sinful as a dream (Though close the lack of touching hurt too much And so I had to comment face to face With little gifts of...
by phillipw | Jan 22, 2024 | LO
Ancient Trees without Freud Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The longest living trees don’t daydream while They live for several thousand years in drought. This lack of dreams might mean that...
by phillipw | Nov 26, 2023 | IN, LO, UN, Uncategorized
Lunar Martyr Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He thought of just this one, this one, this one — Again — Again — AGAIN — as if insane With love, or something, powerfully as a gun That blasts away...
by phillipw | Nov 24, 2023 | LO, RO, YA
Genesis 1:2-3 Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When losses rise, not anything can fill The void excepting you. The paradox Resulting from these losings makes...
by phillipw | Nov 12, 2023 | AB, GA, LO, RO
Alchemy’s Golden Paradox in Heaven’s Streets of Transparent Gold Love, I am full of lead. ~ Antony in Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, III.11.76 His heart was made of lead, its poison, weight And darkness till he met the one, that one Who mattered only, only,...
by phillipw | Oct 14, 2023 | CH, LO, MO, Uncategorized
More Lovely than a Golden Spiral Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The chambered nautilus propels his shell Through nighttime waves. He sails much longer than His cousins, octopus and squid. The swell...
