by phillipw | Dec 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Buckle Sometimes the language sings much wiser than The mind. The mind is left behind by lines That supersede the poet and the man. He knows as soon as they are written, signs From heaven or Nirvana nimbus-like, Unknown high astral bodies...
by phillipw | Dec 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Unthinking Music of the Stars “night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.” Psalm 19:2,3 Near infinite in number, stars, these spheres Both vast and small, are singing to the ranks Of angels and archangels, to...
by phillipw | Dec 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
Supposedly Mute Swans Sing Only When They Court Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem In nature hymnal words are absent, no Necessity for them in wildebeests. No piety is needed. Creatures know Their niches. ...
by phillipw | Dec 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Ho Ho (Hum) Seven As boring as an alto’s pulsing throat (Or tenor’s) singing Schumann lieder, or “Four Seasons” on your phone, an anecdote Your uncle has retold ten times before, A James Yawned movie comes around again. They’re all the same, same...
by phillipw | Nov 26, 2023 | IN, LO, UN, Uncategorized
Lunar Martyr Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He thought of just this one, this one, this one — Again — Again — AGAIN — as if insane With love, or something, powerfully as a gun That blasts away...
by phillipw | Nov 11, 2023 | AB, Uncategorized, YA
Not Just Stars Your eyes glow, not just stars , more moon and sun. The stars and sun are more than fire, the moon Of water made. Its frozen waves are one With ever meltingness and change too soon Yet they are overarched by solar heat And North Star fixity. ...
