by phillipw | May 9, 2024 | RE, SP
Wakeful Peace Under Shining in the Sky Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The morning April dawns, the force of March Prepares to fade. A quietude so faint That it is silent, unheard, starts to arch Its...
by phillipw | May 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
No Matter How You Dress It Up, We Are Alone Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Love is all.” The Baron in the Trees, Italo Calvino Charles Randall Stanfield ...
by phillipw | May 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
How They Grow “all things were made by Him” ~ John 1:3 Consider how the lilies of the field Grow. Think about not beauty nor their toil But how they seed and root, so how they yield From earth and stalks and stems and slowly coil Out blossoms. How can this...
by phillipw | May 6, 2024 | AU, FA, JO, SA
Like the Burning Stake of Saint Joan of Arc A scarlet leaf, a yellow one, a gold Flame leaf, an orange one, these rages yield Enough to cause a fire. These colors scold The other seasons since they failed to wield Such passion. They held hot as summer sun And cool...
by phillipw | May 6, 2024 | TR
Out of the Many, One Creed Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A thousand hilltops And neon’s autumnal leaves, One transparent brook. ~ Shiki (Englished by Phillip Whidden)...
by phillipw | May 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Mounds of Virgins Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem No matter what the art about Saint Joan Or any other female saint almost, Male artists tease out tits. Men almost moan When showing Saint...
by phillipw | May 5, 2024 | IS, MU, PA
Some Things Seem Eternal in Palestine Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The melding rests here drying in the sun. The mix has cinnamon and cloves thrown in Among the pink and purple petals. Spun Among them...
by phillipw | May 5, 2024 | KI, NI
NØught Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Kierkegaard As faintly as the cosmos feels our breath, It feels our hearts much less, that’s if it reads At all their beats. Significance Macbeth, As hardened in...
