by phillipw | Oct 18, 2019 | HE, ST, WH
“kitty kitty kitty” Was All She Could Say I cannot now recall my mother’s throat In words. For more than twenty years her speech Was dead before she died. A muffling bloat Occurred inside her brain. It was a screech Of blood that silenced her. No...
by phillipw | Oct 17, 2019 | FR, ST
Tutti Do not just speak. Be what you want to say. Make living out your life your message as You sing along with others. Every day Is meant to be a holy one that’s made of jazz And other happy tunes or sad ones when That inspiration comes. Keep ear...
by phillipw | Oct 16, 2019 | CH, ST
Prejudice Opposed to Prejudice Was Charles the East of West? He seemed to be The Buddhist or the Hindu mind in Christ. That mind included more of serendipity Than systematic thinking. He would heist Whatever doctrine his belief desired Among the thousands he could...
by phillipw | Oct 16, 2019 | CH, ST
Spring Remembers Him The garden border just outside my door Fills up with verve and beauty at this time. Those feathered pinks of peonies galore Are weighted down this morning at the prime Of April, nearly May. Bright weight of rain Embraces petals in its drops and...
by phillipw | Oct 15, 2019 | BO, CH, ST
Miniaturized Trees in Tiny Pots at 3501 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, D. C. To thrill his body never could have been The fact, much less the metaphor, of love. That’s not what love is anyhow. Between Us was full-blooded sympathy above That sort of...
by phillipw | Oct 15, 2019 | CH, ST
London Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God and the Royal Martyrs … An onion dome with golden stars and cross Still rises high above my sad blue eyes. The eight-point shapes increase the blue, emboss The blue and...
