by phillipw | Sep 23, 2019 | CH, FR, ST
What to Do with a Dead Friend He keeps intruding sharply in my mind, My heart, and dreams. No, more in reverie Than nightmares, which is how dreams are defined Now. Visions which come floating back to me In daylight hours—reminding, say, of his Guitar and...
by phillipw | Sep 23, 2019 | ST
Struck by Lightning in the Shenandoah River He lumbers round behind my heart or lurks Beneath the surface where he drowned. He floats Submerged in memory and nothing works To exorcise the agony which dotes Around inside me. Under the stream His dark locks nearly...
by phillipw | Sep 23, 2019 | CH, ST
Resurrection Amos 5:8 and Psalm 137:11-12 A darkness came upon him, darker than His curls. Towards the earth like them it fell But with a weight to test his heart, this man, His heart and core and guts*. A note from Hell...
by phillipw | Sep 23, 2019 | CH, LO, ST
Adieu, Amour Forget the sense of melting when your chest Felt waterfalls of wonder from your soul, When tides came like a wave, a glistening crest Which washed your heart and left it kneeling, whole. Leave memories of warmth behind, the shape Which made blood sing and...
by phillipw | Sep 20, 2019 | CH, ST
Liberty and Gladness Chuck was that image of a man who skips And kicks his heels together at a whim Of joy. He had the soul of men whose lips Were made for prayer and praise, whose mouth held brim Full words of warmth, intelligence and thought. We think of...
by phillipw | Sep 8, 2019 | LO, ST
The Fall Recent Scientific Evidence Suggests It Takes One-Fifth of a Second to Fall in Love That face caused a spasm in my thorax. The fanged convulsion lasted forty years. Not anything will free me, drugs or axe, Until I enter my last tomb where fears Are...
