by phillipw | Mar 8, 2022 | AM, BI, BR, DE, GA, LO, RU, SE, Uncategorized
Denham Alone Since He Alone was Not Alone– A Foursome of Sonnets Outside and Finally In “A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out all the years.” ~Rupert Brooke Each year he finds a new one he can love. The first (and last) was Denham...
by phillipw | Feb 4, 2022 | BR, DE, FI, HA, LO, SE
The Secret Life of Things For the space of a foot, The firefly’s light goes out: Loneliness. ~ Hokushi The firefly floats along in darkness, light, Dark, light. The floating is revealed alone By flashing, though the blinking is so slight That only...
by phillipw | Feb 2, 2022 | DE, FI, HA, LO, MA, SE
What Comes After Every Beauty How easily it Glows. How easily it goes Out, the firefly’s green. ~ Chine-jo The green is very faint but still is green. The flash is very brief but still a glint. Then after every blink comes dark, between The promise and the living,...
by phillipw | Feb 1, 2022 | FI, HA, LO, SE
Calmest Sex Electrified The firefly Gives light To its pursuer. ~ Ōemaru Enlightenment it might be, no, not Satori. Certainly this winging bug Is only looking coolly for a hot Encounter with a lady fly, to hug Her briefly, hunchingly, and put slick life Inside...
by phillipw | Jan 28, 2022 | HA, LI, LO
Looking for His Love The first firefly! It was off, away,— The wind left in my hand. ~ Issa The firefly lands by chance upon my hand And flashes there, blink, blink in twilight green. In growing darkness little glows expand,...
by phillipw | Jan 27, 2022 | LO, RO, SE
Leaving Sentimentality Behind in a Hurricane Eons from Now in a Parallel Cosmos Joshua 10:12-13 Love isn’t possible but there you are Beside me in the morning, lashes, eyes All closed to me and love. Romance is far Away, like galaxies beyond surprise In some...
