by phillipw | Jan 7, 2020 | LO, RO
A Long Dead Message I can’t afford to send you flowers. Besides, They’re only flowers. I want to send instead Those things that blossoms stand for, those that brides Desire. A garland for your curly head Is what you need, one made of brightness, joy, And subtle...
by phillipw | Jan 7, 2020 | AF, LO, RO
Gardenias and Snowdrops Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I send you all the fragrances of flowers, Those heavy with rich overtones as well As those with light perfumes of tranquil hours, The...
by phillipw | Jan 7, 2020 | LO, RO
A Lyric Note Set Out in Various Inks A lyric note set out in various inks Comes up from where it’s lain forgotten years. A greeting card of flowers (but no pinks) Of yellow, purples and the shade of tears, This message tries to match inside the fold Of glossy white. ...
by phillipw | Jan 6, 2020 | LO, RO
I Want to Take You I want to lift you back before the start Of everything. I want to knock you back Before God spoke, before there was a heart, To that eternity when light was slack And waited breathlessly like Adam in The dust. I want to take you back before...
by phillipw | Dec 27, 2019 | LO, RO
Death of Trees (and Love) When broken trunks crack open and fall down Inside your forest, do you hear? Is there A crumbling, crashing sound that makes you frown? Is suffering deafened none of your affair? Perhaps you think there isn’t any noise, No broken...
by phillipw | Dec 20, 2019 | LO, RO
One Fierce Wish I wish that I could be allowed to change My heart for something lighter. That’s because My own is far too manly. Out of range Are hearts of moths. They know the moon and laws Of random hope and hollow searching. Tilt And flit, flit...
