by phillipw | Dec 28, 2025 | AN, GA, MA, Uncategorized, VI
August is the Cruellest Month Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “And the angel departed” Luke 1:38 The morning of that life begins in dark Of Friday’s night, of Sabbath evening. Long, That...
by phillipw | Sep 29, 2025 | BE, DA, EN, SA, Uncategorized, VI
Enlightenment in One Nothing-like Moment in Nowhere Michigan Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The earliest of light, a line across The sky, the thinnest strip of sacral light Above the past’s horizon,...
by phillipw | Aug 28, 2025 | VI
Aloes and Myrrh John 19:39 Mark 16:1 The violet does not need gold beside Its root in dirt. The bloom will come out white Or purple lacking precious metal. Wide The rule is: meaningful or not, despite Gold’s bogus merit, little loving things Are just...
by phillipw | Apr 12, 2024 | CR, MA, ME, VI
Damned Quixote Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When William Blake went mad, it was his soul That drove him to it. It was far too straight, As straight as light, unerring in its goal When...
by phillipw | Jan 23, 2024 | EN, SA, SH, VI
Despite the Yearlong Darkness Under the Hedge Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I pass the place of violets along The little lane that leads me from the square I live in, in my red brick house. No song Is...
by phillipw | Oct 13, 2023 | VI
The Vietnam Memorial on the Mall Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If I had been a sculptor way back when, The monument that I might well have sketched To win the contest with clean paper, pen And...
