by phillipw | Dec 9, 2019 | LO, RO
Astrophysical Observation .. Assess the hope and likelihood that you Or anyone who tends to watch the moon — When moving in elliptic pathway through The evening’s stars or morning like a rune Estranged from omens in the mindless sky— Will witness sudden splash...
by phillipw | Dec 9, 2019 | LO, RO, SE
Men, Date Palms, and Night-time Fires My love for you is like a nomad’s tent, Its ceiling stretched with shared discoveries, Its folds and walls made heavier with the scent, The fragrance of our sweat and memories, And soaked with incense from our lusts and...
by phillipw | Dec 8, 2019 | LO, RO
Parting Your hair disturbs my heart, distressing me As much as ritual words a demon. Light Beatifies the strands and makes the sea In sunshine vague banality. The sight Of sea waves seems mere repetitious fact. Your hair recalls the hours of childhood...
by phillipw | Nov 28, 2019 | LO, RO, UN
Incomplete Creation I made you up, did I, I made up all? Were you the one I loved or were you just What mind and heart created, like a doll To stick long pins of love in, pins of lust, A doll more muscular than voodoo, you? I think I could have made up curled...
by phillipw | Nov 27, 2019 | LO, RO
. . . Mais Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If love were sovereign, we would navigate The dark canals of instinct in a bright Blue gondola, our songs reverberate A sea-shell colored,...
by phillipw | Nov 27, 2019 | BU, LO, RO
Anatomy of Love: To a Nurse Dawn comes to where your solid throat and jaw Lie cupped in fingers not distracted by This wedding ring, and where your liquid eye (Behind its frail, fringed lid) twitches in awe Of nightmare threats both powerful...
