by phillipw | Apr 15, 2026 | BL, PR, SI, SK, SO
Remember. Singing Goes on at Funerals. At day-break the song Of the skylark is ringing In the midst of rain. ~ Issa [Englished by Phillip Whidden The skylark chooses song despite the rain. The lark is dreaming of the sky when night And rain surround him. He refuses...
by phillipw | Apr 15, 2026 | DA, LA, SI, SK
Composition Ex Nihilo Ah! Singing skylark! The tail-end of the forest Lingers in dakness. ~ Issa [Englished by Phillip Whidden] The larks embark on song while in the dark Of groves before these larks begin to see First glimmers from the dawn. An unknown spark...
by phillipw | Apr 14, 2026 | LO, SA, SK
Love is as Strong as Death Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The reason that the skylark sings and sings And sings and sings is since the sky is wide And high. He thinks this means his song and wings...
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...
