by phillipw | Mar 1, 2025 | BI, SA
Islands are Harbors for Spliced Love Sapho Sappho By Guillaume Baviere from Uppsala, Sweden – 2014-12-22, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73289397 She sang about the love of him, of her. She had his hair in mind–and hers. ...
by phillipw | Feb 15, 2025 | SA
Laws in the Ark of the Covenant Made of Acacia Wood but Disguised with Gold “We wake, if we ever wake at all, to mystery, rumors of death, beauty, violence…” ~ Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek The Bible’s bushes, never blue, bend more To...
by phillipw | Jan 29, 2025 | PH, SA, ST, Uncategorized, VA
Laid Out Not for You to See The cameras cannot call up fingertip Of touch no matter what the Canon lens, Of kiss, a red caress. Ohhh, linger lip On satin touch with wet. Vas deferens Is far beyond the scope of camera click Unless removed from love, and who...
by phillipw | Jan 28, 2025 | AV, MO, SA, ST, TR
Sailor’s Intercourse in Avila Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Inside my warship made of words I feel I do not need a spyglass, do not need New maps. I do not need some other keel Or rudder. ...
by phillipw | Jan 27, 2025 | OW, SA, SI
Gaslighting Battalions Followed by Fact When poets are involved in war, they take Their stances separately, not set as corps Like soldiers in platoons. To undertake Their poet duty, each perceives the war From different angles. Some, among the first, Are those who...
by phillipw | Nov 12, 2024 | CA, SA
The Coquina Walls of Castillo San Marcos in Saint Augustine, Florida, Swallowed Cannon Balls Deeply, No Escape Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary...
