by phillipw | Nov 11, 2019 | RE
Obscured by Limbs and Leaves Obscured by limbs and leaves, the blue and gold Dome tries to show true meaning by the road, High up above the elevated cold M4. Gray asphalt paving is the code Of modern urban pathways. There’s no need For prophecies, or holy men...
by phillipw | Nov 10, 2019 | RE
Tahiti’s Ocean Undertow is Not Strong Enough Vision after the Sermon. Paul Gaugin. Wikipedia They come, these aching diamonds of pain And beauty. Those who search for them are bound For disappointment. Those who try to gain Them through a pilgrimage...
by phillipw | Nov 7, 2019 | RE, TR, UN
David, the Adulterer, or David, the Whimpering “I’m sorry, Dad” Guy; You Choose Goliath in the guise of love stalks round Us in the margins of our days. Truth dressed In tessellated sentiment is found In mosques and synagogues. Cathedrals test Our...
by phillipw | Nov 4, 2019 | RE
“We Will Remember Them” Another soldier’s face comes on the screen As meaningless as if the box were blank Or as a hardcore pornographic scene With yet another coupling, clank, clank, clank. They give his name and we think, “Well, so what?” As unconcerned...
by phillipw | Oct 30, 2019 | FR, LO, RE
Eleven, that Odd, Unfortunate Number When everything is wrong or slightly wrong, such As sex and love and friendship, all that you can Expect are travesties like using a crutch Pressed into an armpit tumor in a man Endeavoring to walk the world, every part Of it, as...
by phillipw | Oct 15, 2019 | RE
Alien Piety Religion comes to me in little waves Or more like ripples on the warming sea Around my thoughts and pulsing nerves. The caves And sounding feelings that are really me Along this coastal tide refuse the hints These riffles whisper in their...
