by phillipw | Apr 8, 2024 | AN, GR, JA, MO, RO
I Canali, un Pranzo, il Arsenale Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The Romans, Japanese and Greeks once had A reverence, religious in a calm Way, quiet, for the clockwork things, the sad (The...
by phillipw | Apr 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Chalk Hill Blue and Duke of Burgundy Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Eyes need to let the butterflies go in And settle where they will inside the chest Or brain, in memory, or spread wings within The...
by phillipw | Mar 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
Cleopas, His Friends, and the Stranger with Disappearing Powers “and he vanished” ~ Luke 24 The day was ending. Evening was about To settle in. They asked a man to stay And eat with them. The twilight suffered rout Because he raised his hands. Dark leapt away. They...
by phillipw | Mar 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
Undarked Revelation Ottawa physicist challenges dark matter’s existence, doubles universe’s age (msn.com) No dark, dark matter can be found inside The universe though stars swell vast beyond Imagining. The cosmos being wide Enough to...
by phillipw | Mar 26, 2024 | BO, CH
The Boy Jesus When Not Working in the Carpenter Shop Unthinking grace is like a child at play. The hummingbird in hover, April flight, Does not consider gracefulness in sway Of gorgeousness or whether beauty’s height Is being skated through the blossom air. The cat...
by phillipw | Mar 24, 2024 | SH
Shakespeare of the Dogberries Spite’s Shakespeare almost always forced to dinge The lower levels of society. When Cleopatra, though, is on the fringe Of death, she gets plain words, sobriety, From Iras saying simply that “bright day Is done and we are...
by phillipw | Mar 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
Stones of Venice Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We call the blinds Venetian but of course If opened they don’t yield Venetian views. They block the sight of English boredom, force Much...
by phillipw | Mar 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
Amorino Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I loved to buy the things that she deserved, Venetian and Parisian in style, The Positano, surcoat-like coat served With jewellery...
