by phillipw | Jul 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Abhishek Awake and Dreaming Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He rides along inside a sleeper car With wilder jungle greens of India in rain Inside his eye. His home, his village far Away, still,...
by phillipw | Jul 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Nibbling Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When ugliness and beauty meet in shape Of flesh, the one attempts to reach with charm, A smile of wishful lips, a touch like crepe...
by phillipw | Jun 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Their Father’s Medication–“The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers” Their father’s voice resounded not as pure As Wilma’s in “The Holy City”–yet As utter in his recitation, cure For evils all around, a voice to whet Our...
by phillipw | May 28, 2023 | CH, MA, ST, Uncategorized, WH
E-scrapbooks of Holiness Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The images consulted most are those Of love, well, lovers. Highest in the search Are photographs where we and lovers pose. Clichés count...
by phillipw | May 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
Ritual and Stylization Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “There is no God and Mary is His Mother.” ~ George Santayana “Some keep the Sabbath going to church” ~ Emily Dickinson It doesn’t...
by phillipw | May 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
Sublimation from Solid Straight to Neon If we could turn you into something pure, We might choose poetry, or paint, or stone. The words might cleanse out faults then scalpel cure. The words would take away all gasp and moan. The painting on the canvas would not...
