by phillipw | Nov 11, 2023 | AB, Uncategorized, YA
Not Just Stars Your eyes glow, not just stars , more moon and sun. The stars and sun are more than fire, the moon Of water made. Its frozen waves are one With ever meltingness and change too soon Yet they are overarched by solar heat And North Star fixity. ...
by phillipw | Nov 5, 2023 | BL, CH, ST, UN, WI
Not Holy Enough my Bow He gave to me the end of this, a string Of gold. I tried to make it endless, pure. His love of Heaven’s white hot God might sing Perfection. Love like that, though, could not cure His sickness. My affection also could Not heal...
by phillipw | Oct 19, 2023 | ER, ET, Uncategorized
The name that can be named is not an eternal name. ~ Laotse Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A flower exists in some place far from men, Or far from where its colors and its smell Can be rejoiced in. Far...
by phillipw | Oct 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
Continuum Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The lotus rises through the pond but first Through mud. The stalk, the floating leaves, the flower Itself arise. In silences they burst In...
by phillipw | Oct 18, 2023 | DE, RO
Pastel Death The petals, lavender and pink and white, Have fallen, fallen on each other, by Each other, making little heaps here slight And heaps there slighter, as they fell to die Beneath the living bushes and the flowers Alive above these ones. ...
by phillipw | Oct 18, 2023 | BO, EN, Uncategorized, ZE
Tuesday as Spiritual Breakthrough Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The master teacher of the Zen monks tells One monk to jump to foaming whirlpool waves. He jumps and finds himself in no deep wells...
by phillipw | Oct 18, 2023 | CE, CH, OC, SQ
Single-hearted like Humans Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem chambered nautilus images – Bing images Jeremiah 17:9 The chambered nautilus unlike its kin, The octopus and squid, has just one...
by phillipw | Oct 18, 2023 | RO, TR
Buirdly Pitlochry was the nexus of the soul, Religions’ soul, when Stephenson was young. He might have been a Hindu in his role Of savant. There he spoke with seer’s tongue Upon the village street. He saw a man Mistreating his puir dog and...
