by phillipw | Jan 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Annie Dillard’s Appetite Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When God set up wide worlds, He did not know, Or, if He did, that makes things even worse. The splendor of the slaughter, black light...
by phillipw | Dec 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Margaret Arbuckle Paterson Graham Whidden and Prunus x subhirtella Fukubana Prunus × subhirtella ‘Fukubana’|winter-flowering cherry ‘Fukubana’/RHS Gardening Where freedom flurrs is wisdom if the mind Where freedom flies is purified in form...
by phillipw | Dec 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
David Rejected Weaker Emotion at Least Once in His Strength Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “To be ungrateful to your intellect is just as bad as ingratitude to a benefactor.” ~ R. H....
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. ...
