by phillipw | Aug 7, 2019 | JE, LO, ST
Ghostly Surgery When we are sleeping, both, forever, I Will sift your soul subconsciously. This search Will certainly include past dreams and pry Among your souvenirs. I’ll find the perch Where this and that love rival have been stored. I’ll oust them,...
by phillipw | Aug 7, 2019 | CH, LO, ST
Conversion I swallowed starlight when I saw you first, That night you came in through a holy gate And raised your hands in hallowed greeting, burst With beauty in a fevered Sabbath, straight From lukewarm life including tepid Christ. He was the son behind theology Of...
by phillipw | Aug 6, 2019 | LO
Sentimentality A sadness in his face that isn’t dark But maybe contemplation of pale things Like loss of love not worthy of remark Because it’s past and now has purple wings, No longer scarlet, settles in his eyes. His forehead, veiled with curls,...
by phillipw | Jul 31, 2019 | LO
Who Teaches Us What Love Is? Who teaches us what love is, what it means? Who? No one. Many try, but none of them Succeeds. Some say it’s like quick benzedrines Without inhalers needed. Bethlehem Is touted as another meaning of This principle or...
by phillipw | Jul 30, 2019 | LO
This luster glimmers on him in his sleep This luster glimmers on him in his sleep. A glowing from him when he lies at rest Lights bed and bedroom. Like torch flame deep Within a Delphic cave, a burn he blessed With breathing from the psyche of calm lungs, A...
by phillipw | Jul 30, 2019 | LO
Release I open up an envelope and time Unfolds. We think the past is closed to us But then a simple gesture sounds a chime Which swings the lost gates wide. That Pegasus Called memory goes winging up. Pale wings Embrace the air impossibly. ...
