by phillipw | May 12, 2020 | AE, BE, CH, ES, FR, LO, MA, ST
Unforgotten Love Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If love were like best poems, it would last Forever, or as long as things that are not God Survive. But love is not quite perfect, vast, And...
by phillipw | May 11, 2020 | CH, FR, LO, MA, ST
Extremes with Charles “Time stutters in your arms. It expands, diaphragm pushing down and out to make room for seconds smoothing into hours.” ~ Jaime Mathis, “Blood Blister,” It Rises and Falls I now invite you each to call up in Your mind the most important...
by phillipw | May 11, 2020 | PE, ST
Holiness Deep as a Bollywood musical score But only as broad as a hopscotch grid, Pete’s mind prepared him for nothing much more Than beating his wife and hitting his kid. Then he met Jesus one night in a tent Where people got sweaty and spoke in...
by phillipw | May 10, 2020 | CH, GO, LO, MA, SA, ST, TH, TR
Storm in the Friday Night Love Feast Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He raised his blue-veined wrists in notes to God The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. The last Force was to come, bolts to the...
by phillipw | May 10, 2020 | HE, MO, ST
Unknown Words Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I have a stash of postcards that I got For sending to my mother. She had had A gruesome stroke and so had lost the lot Of all her language. Well, not...
by phillipw | May 10, 2020 | CO, DO, PL, ST
Whither Modern Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem n verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A golden dome has disappeared. A blue One glimmers high with...
