by phillipw | Aug 24, 2021 | CH, MY, ST
Paler than See-through Vellum Decorated with Medieval Leaves and Gospel Writers Perhaps he stands among the Celtic saints As mystical as they with trees he killed. They stand together, he, and trees, and haints In chosen superstitions. Acorns tilled By eons are a...
by phillipw | Aug 23, 2021 | BR, LO, RO
Forever and Forever What makes a sunlight moment settle in The mind? And does it matter? Turning of An eye makes heartbeats leap and grin Because of Gwen or Lance. But is it love And does it matter? On the beach his arm And shoulder fix themselves,...
by phillipw | Aug 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Before the Movies and TV Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem For Charles Randall Stanfield who also mentioned sex and other types of play and contemplation of beauty Both Bollywood and...
by phillipw | Aug 22, 2021 | DA, SU
The Sun Sets Out Its Triumphs Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The sun sets out across the coast. The mist And sea entice it. Morning sun is caught In haar and depths. The noon-time’s...
by phillipw | Aug 18, 2021 | DO, ED, EM, Ho, OL, RA
The Range of American Letters Including e e cummings The English language in the farther west Can be as harsh as sneering Ambrose Bierce Or roaring Robinson Jeffers. The zest Appears in Marquis’s tomcat Bill, fierce Beside Mehitabel and Archie. Calm Was English in...
by phillipw | Aug 17, 2021 | AQ, SA, ST, SU, TH
The Wealth of Logic and of Knowledge For Brian who has a mathematical mind A wealthy heather robes the royal fields. That purple is presented wide and high On hills. They take the flowering as it wields Its majesty then upward to the sky As Thomas raised theology...
by phillipw | Aug 16, 2021 | AD, CH, DR, FR, MA, ST
Vanilla Vermont I think the man I loved for many years, A druggie, lost in needles and cocaine, The man who caused so many useless tears, That man called Chuck, would find it quite inane That I am drinking coffee, milky stuff With lots of sweeteners...
by phillipw | Aug 16, 2021 | CA, LO, PE, PR
Self-envy I suffer from that rarest illness, called Self-envy. Everyone, it seems, but me Is desperate, as if they each are walled Up in a prison or are like a quay That no ships come to, ever, but my days And nights are full. I have a cat who...
