by phillipw | Sep 7, 2021 | AR, IS, Uncategorized
Conjecture “The unplumb’d, salt, estranging sea” ~ Matthew Arnold What Wordsworth felt and wondered rests unknown Against the edges of our minds. We know, Though not completely, what we feel. Alone The soul is and will always...
by phillipw | Sep 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Beginning is the End My soul rolled out to meet him like a scroll For Christ to write on with his blood. A slack Remainder tried to be unlike a hole. To lift one’s wrists after a heart attack Is challenging. He lifted both his wrists. That tells you...
by phillipw | Aug 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Before the Movies and TV Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem For Charles Randall Stanfield who also mentioned sex and other types of play and contemplation of beauty Both Bollywood and...
by phillipw | Jul 11, 2021 | AL, AP, Uncategorized
Lack of Olive Oil for Cooking and Cleaning Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When Alexander’s men learned they were out Of olive oil, or nearly out, they stopped. They halted. They began to soldier...
by phillipw | May 25, 2021 | CH, Uncategorized
I Don’t Need Charitable Thoughts from Other Men after Shopping in Oxfam Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem For Henry Who doesn’t like a bargain and great style In dressing? Well, perhaps most men don’t...
by phillipw | May 13, 2021 | NE, Uncategorized
Ceaseless Becoming Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Things do not begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop; there is simply ceaseless becoming.” R. H. Blyth For Bonnie...
