by phillipw | Mar 12, 2020 | DI, WA
Royal Reveries I never daydreamed I would be like Di, Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, Or live to be The Queen, or even try To be unhappy with love that impales A woman’s guts with unfaithfulness. (See The Husband Prince’s.) Overhearing on The...
by phillipw | Jan 23, 2020 | WA
Corporal Jake Hartley Jake Hartley, Killed in a Warrior Armoured Vehicle What quirk of luck resulted in that tilt of head Before the camera clicked? What circumstance Made Jake do that slight slant, add tad of dread Or sadness to that handsome face, askance At just...
by phillipw | Aug 2, 2018 | AE, AN, ES, TH, WA
An Aesthetic Rule for Life Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A wasp just landed on my hand. It moved About a while and flew away. A breeze So tiny I could barely feel it proved The threat was gone. My...