by phillipw | Feb 28, 2026 | SK
Aria da Capo Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem None but the lark so shrill and clear; Now at heaven’s gate she claps her wings, The morn not waking till she sings. ~ John Lyly, “Spring’s Welcom”...
by phillipw | Jan 7, 2026 | RE, SC, SK
Darwinian Religiosity My ecumenical cynicism Is broad religion. It does not need pope Or prophet. Faiths scream cram-filled with schism, Schism, SCHISM already, killing hope Of any certainty. Among the scree Of rocks and detritus a little bloom May come, or,...
by phillipw | Oct 12, 2025 | NI, SK
Migrations Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When skylarks sing, their soaring circling cheer Goes up in spirals in a glistening height. Yet where these glories reach, they disappear. The song...
by phillipw | Jan 25, 2025 | BI, BR, GA, SK
He Was Real Before He Became a Pablum English Myth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Reduced to being hero, poet, dead And soldier, he is trapped up on a plinth Above pink paving stones, his gorgeous head...
by phillipw | Sep 13, 2021 | BR, CH, JO, MA, MI, NU, RU, SK, SW, VI, WO
Skinny-dipping with Rupert Brooke, Sturdy as a Marlowe Stanza or Miltonic Ones, in a Night-time Cambridgeshire Pool Virginia Woolf had seen him. She had seen Him whole. She saw his soul, good-hearted, kind, Substantial. She had seen him leaping, clean, More clean...
by phillipw | Aug 6, 2021 | BI, LA, SK
Music with Percussion Wound In “Bound each to each” ~ William Wordsworth The skylark’s music phrases are a part Of nature’s symphony, but only some Of it. A harmony weighs at the heart Of wide concerns. Some sounds are like a drum. Percussive notes break...
