by phillipw | Mar 21, 2025 | RE
After Fasting Forty Eons in Religions’ Wilderness Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The time for certain songs is past for most Of us. While having ripened, we have lost The need for certainty. We cannot...
by phillipw | Mar 20, 2025 | NE, TO
They Do Not Dream of Fur or Feathers Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Inside the rattlesnake she holds her nest. Not made of twigs it is instead her scales And then her flesh. She does not have a breast...
by phillipw | Mar 17, 2025 | DE, RO
New England’s Sand-bound Coast Never mind Felicia Dorothea Hemans and Governor DeSantis In Maine the tides of histories are shown In waves and sand, yet strangely upside down. The past is in the foreground, sand waves sewn Along the coast, a grayness almost brown...
by phillipw | Mar 17, 2025 | CH, DA, GU, PE, RE
Waiting for Sentimental Water “The Gospels, along with the rest of the New Testament, have been translated into at least 1,726 languages”. Google AI Overview See also Acts 5:1-11. https://images.app.goo.gl/S3FbtPPAU7X2qkFm6 The church presents...
by phillipw | Mar 16, 2025 | MU, PH, PO, Uncategorized
Gravity Music Poetry Love Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem £Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Though poetry, it seems, cannot resist The...
by phillipw | Mar 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
Performance as Sacred Solitude; Bach’s “God’s Time is Best” on the Sabbath in the Village Church, So. Lancaster, Massachusetts Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Performing music is a private thing. An...
by phillipw | Mar 14, 2025 | MU, SA, SC
Rhythms Remain and Are Broken Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem These hills in Scotland are like movements of A symphony. They rise and form, and rise And form–and rise like lovers form their love....
by phillipw | Mar 13, 2025 | AM, FA, PO, PR
“signifying nothing” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We do not want our poetry to reach The moons of Saturn. Reaching Saturn’s clouds Will be success. Those clouds are cousin speech...
