by phillipw | Feb 5, 2020 | UN
GALAXY QUEST “Astronomers have found the oldest galaxy ever seen. Sadly they haven’t given it a very inspiring name—CL J1449 +0856. The curious patch of very faint red objects is so far away that we are seeing them when the universe was only...
by phillipw | Jan 12, 2020 | UN
The Hercynian Forest When Roman emperors pressed conquest past The Rhine and to the forests of the east, Were these imperial stabs trying to cast Nets for trammeling a fabulous beast? Hercyninan primeval greenwoods were Reputed to embrace the unicorn In...
by phillipw | Jan 9, 2020 | LO, RO, UN
When I Wake Up, I am Absent from Thee ‘As ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.’ 2 Corinthians 1:7 Two continents and long tides far away You live alone now and we sleep apart. The beauties of my high spec life hold...
by phillipw | Jan 8, 2020 | LO, RO, UN
…Love at First ……….. Love swoops around like terror, once inside The chest, as if a feral cat’s been trapped Among the ribs, is scratching at the hide Of heart and lungs—or vampires have been clapped Inside that prison, tantalized...
by phillipw | Jan 8, 2020 | LO, RO, UN
Yet Yet lancet arches are what really made . … Me choose this elegant, receding view. Ranged narrowest ones gave their distant, blade- Like contemplation of the glass—and you Arose within my consciousness. What chance I had for consummation of my...
by phillipw | Jan 6, 2020 | ST, UN
Straight The look on my young face did not make you Unbutton shirt or heart. N o whisper came From you, not even once, though once we two Kissed. Kissing only made a distant frame Around your ...
