by phillipw | Sep 4, 2022 | CO, DE, JO, KE, PO, RO, SP, TU
Autumn and the Spanish Steps Though waiting for the wind so long, the leaves Know patience, or at least they know no dread. The autumn wind is patient, too, perceives Their stoicism wearing orange and red, October yellow even, brighter in Their bravery. ...
by phillipw | Jun 22, 2021 | NA, PA, TU
The Cosmic Certainty is Propulsion A double nature of the universe: All parts of it endeavor to remain the same And every part aspires to be a nurse To its demise. This dual colored aim (Or aims that strive as one) is like a spring That yearns to be a spring forever...
by phillipw | Mar 31, 2021 | CO, DE, JO, KE, ST, TU
Sovereign Keats Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem To bear all naked truths, And to envisage circumstance, all calm: That is the top of sovereignty. Hyperion II 203 To accept all With...
by phillipw | Jan 24, 2020 | TU
Christ in the Color of a Bend The scope of perfect yellows is displayed Along the curves of tulip petals near My door. One tint is on the sweep arrayed Across the tops of shell-like shapes. The cheer (When no severity can touch soft sleeves) Is waving in the April...
by phillipw | Dec 19, 2019 | TU
Tulips An ordinary darkness covers them. It’s just the night. And they . . . they are only Tulips. It’s not like death has dragged her hem Across them. Why not let them be lonely In their detachment from the light? But no, I have to take my...
by phillipw | Dec 13, 2019 | TU
The Crescent-shaped Royal Ransom Revenge across the Centuries Wikipedia The Lionheart King Richard won and lost The Holy Land but on his way back to Misgoverned England he was caught and tossed Inside a donjon by a kangaroo Middle European greedy duke...