by phillipw | Jan 28, 2026 | ST
Temple Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The purpose of a temple is to hide The god. It does this by its splendor, height And ogival stone arches. These forms guide The eyes away from spirit. ...
by phillipw | Jan 21, 2026 | CH, ST
The Opened Gate “Lighting one candle With another, an evening Of spring….” ~ Buson A waiting wickless candle — that is I —, . . . But sacredness finds candle, wick and all. A curly hymn comes out and not a sigh Of nuns. Archangels cause the flame and thrall. A...
by phillipw | Jan 21, 2026 | LO, RO, SP, ST
Treasure Chest Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Spring spreads its light across the body on May’s bed. The beam has snowdrop, daffodil And wonders of narcissus in this dawn Since spring refuses to let...
by phillipw | Jan 6, 2026 | HE, ST
Revelations Though girls are only girls, and boys are boys, Just boys, you know the truth despite these facts. The girl has gold in hair that Stephen toys With righteously. Inside his chest her acts Cause consternations zinging far beyond A prophet’s visions. Then...
by phillipw | Dec 15, 2025 | CH, ST, Uncategorized, WH, WO
Not a Care in the World Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Why hast thou dsquieted me, to bring me up? ~ 1 Samuel 28:15 A mother doesn’t wait. She dies. She goes Before, though after father. Both are...
by phillipw | Dec 14, 2025 | CA, DI, GA, GO, ST, WA, WH
Only a God Would Think of Gilding a Cavern Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Divine I am, inside and out, and I make holy whatever I touch or am touch’d from” ~ Walt Whitman “Divine I...
