by phillipw | Aug 13, 2019 | RE
And Lifted Up If poets and composers failed to come, Then who would write the hymns for Venus, Mars, And Jupiter? Our race would be a numb Excuse for souls. If none could look at stars Through telescopes, or build an altar, then Existing would become a blankness. ...
by phillipw | Jul 28, 2019 | RE
TRUTH: The Notice Board Was Blank Today, as Blank as Death I passed again that notice board today, The one displaying clever Christian quips That used to make me want to write and say Some wise or wry things on the holy tips Imparted in that space. I would have sent...
by phillipw | Jul 24, 2019 | MU, RE
………..Religion in its Place “Music continuing the beauty of poetry without its idea” ~ Maurice Rollinat You know how music pieces for a choir Or smaller sets of human voice will end With instrumental music, with no fire Of words aflame...
by phillipw | May 16, 2019 | RE
Exilium Vita Est—Life is Exile The Christians have it that our lives are ways Of pilgrimage to take us on to where Souls yearn to be. We stumble through a maze Art of JR Slattum. Find more at JRSlattum.com Of trials, avoiding devil, trap, and snare. The Buddhists feel...
by phillipw | Oct 20, 2018 | RE
That poem is a new world on your tongue. It is as if Jehovah spoke a sigh From somewhere in between your heart and lung, Or more like Aphrodite spread one thigh And opened up divinity for men, Or maybe inspiration rose up through your mind From guts and bones as...
