by phillipw | Jan 31, 2025 | MO, TR
The Modern Ships Retreat from Searching for the Golden Fleece Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The word ship he is making is a war Machine upon the sea of poetry. The battles are between him and a corps...
by phillipw | Jan 28, 2025 | AV, MO, SA, ST, TR
Sailor’s Intercourse in Avila Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Inside my warship made of words I feel I do not need a spyglass, do not need New maps. I do not need some other keel Or rudder. ...
by phillipw | Dec 10, 2024 | SE, TR, Uncategorized
“As all the Heavens were a [Hollow] Bell” the music of the spheres If I could fall forever through a space We can’t imagine, through the space where spheres Are less than spirit, where mere physics’ place Is less than we can see, through...
by phillipw | Oct 8, 2024 | SQ, TR
Truer than True Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Those things inside our throats are waiting for Their meaning. Music sung begins as notes Which once inside the mouth might want to soar...
by phillipw | May 6, 2024 | TR
Out of the Many, One Creed Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A thousand hilltops And neon’s autumnal leaves, One transparent brook. ~ Shiki (Englished by Phillip Whidden)...
by phillipw | Oct 18, 2023 | RO, TR
Buirdly Pitlochry was the nexus of the soul, Religions’ soul, when Stephenson was young. He might have been a Hindu in his role Of savant. There he spoke with seer’s tongue Upon the village street. He saw a man Mistreating his puir dog and...
