by phillipw | May 30, 2023 | T, TH
The Prime and Ultimate Composition That moment comes when music turns to bliss, No, something stretched beyond that, more like space That heaven strains to make, the stars’ abyss Of height and depth where angel ranks abase Themselves and also rise up singing,...
by phillipw | Jul 26, 2022 | TH
“By the Word of the Lord Were the Heavens Made” Far less than March’s breeze upon the flowers That have not sprouted yet, far less than weight Of sound in death, far lighter than the showers Of manna in the land of Sin, or hate Of Romeo for Juliet, a thought Goes...
by phillipw | Feb 17, 2022 | HA, HE, TH
Hesitating, Hesitating, Slowly, Slowly A tiny snail, this, One horn long, one much shorter . . . What troubles his heart? ~ Buson Uncertainty is unattractive in A man but in the little creatures it Can be endearing like a lonely grin At twilight where the new...
by phillipw | Jan 14, 2022 | AD, KE, MA, MO, PE, RO, RU, TH
Archangels in the Moon Garden on Christmas Morn The flowers in whitest rows set forth their white Perfume beside the Great Rift Valley on The day that Christ was born. A rose’s might Is all that they can muster in this dawn Of Kenya. That is strong...
by phillipw | Nov 20, 2021 | CH, FR, GO, TH
Free Will Jehovah was the first to think of Free Will. Maybe He pulled back from thinking then. This one divinity went on a spree Of wide creation, making light and men, A trillion galaxies and globes, with no More cogitation. Clearly he was...
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...