by phillipw | Aug 3, 2026 | FR, PO, WA, WH
“The straightforward pathway had been lost.” ~ Dante Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learned to stray.”...
by phillipw | Jun 27, 2026 | EM, HE, TH, WA, WH
Eyes for Seeing The curse, the pang with which they died, Had never passed away; I could not draw my eyes from theirs, Nor lift them up to pray. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge Their eyes still stare through death that you and I Cannot...
by phillipw | Jun 11, 2026 | TR, WA
Like a River in Eden or Like the New Jerusalem’s Crystal Sea Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When water sweeps, it swirls, one thing, whole, Like God — and — Christ — and — Holy — Spirit, One. If water be...
by phillipw | May 23, 2026 | CH, EA, HA, WA
His Gifts as Though in Bethlehem or Bodh Gaya Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “It will hardly be denied that even in this frail and corrupted world, we sometimes meet persons who, in their very mien and...
by phillipw | Apr 7, 2026 | JA, SP, UG, Uncategorized, WA
In Time and Times and Out of Time Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The white of the camellia is white, As white as white has been for eons long Before a woman or a man had sight To worship it. Pink sits...
by phillipw | Mar 18, 2026 | SO, SP, WA
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Immortal Soul The soul does not have smells like iron, the smell Of iron in blood. Your soul does not have flesh (The stench of flesh). The soul includes no shell To...
