by phillipw | Nov 6, 2021 | BO, DU, GA, Ho, MU, PA, PH, SE, SI, ST, WH
Jalousie in Natural Light—Avant la Rêve For Mrs. Pat Silver and Bob Stubbs She chose a piece called “Jalousie” for flute And keyboard that was strange to both the boys, But then the both of them were teens. To suit The ceremony “Jalousie” had poise But sounded...
by phillipw | Sep 19, 2021 | CH, ST
Black Hair in Heaven More Beautiful than Absalom with Joab’s Darts through his Heart and Hanging from the Tree His hair was black like Satan’s when he swayed Beside the thrones God and Christ and swirled To simpering music while the millions prayed In ranks of...
by phillipw | Sep 7, 2021 | CH, DE, MA, ST
Seek Him Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “And turneth the shadow of death into the morning.” When language stumbles, and when things are bound To some eternal silence, yes,...
by phillipw | Sep 5, 2021 | CH, DE, MA, ST
Smashed by Lightning into the Shenandoah Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Ecclesiastes 9:5 I wonder what he took to death of me. His death was whacking as a lightning strike. Then we were washed away. It...
by phillipw | Aug 24, 2021 | CH, MY, ST
Paler than See-through Vellum Decorated with Medieval Leaves and Gospel Writers Perhaps he stands among the Celtic saints As mystical as they with trees he killed. They stand together, he, and trees, and haints In chosen superstitions. Acorns tilled By eons are a...
by phillipw | Aug 17, 2021 | AQ, SA, ST, SU, TH
The Wealth of Logic and of Knowledge For Brian who has a mathematical mind A wealthy heather robes the royal fields. That purple is presented wide and high On hills. They take the flowering as it wields Its majesty then upward to the sky As Thomas raised theology...
