by phillipw | Oct 17, 2019 | LO
What St. Teresa Felt at the Time She Suffered Christ’s Stigmata It’s like I’ve learned to breathe submerged Beneath the souls of those I loved or in Their depths. This floating inhalation urged Itself inside the universe, the twin Of normal panting—only now the...
by phillipw | Oct 17, 2019 | LO
What St. Francis Felt at the Time He Suffered Christ’s Stigmata It’s like I’ve learned to breathe submerged Beneath the souls of those I loved or in Their depths. This floating inhalation urged Itself inside the universe, the twin Of normal panting—only now the...
by phillipw | Oct 17, 2019 | BE, JA, MA
Male Harmony Makes Heaven How holy is the true light when it falls Across his head, his polished golden strands Like golden angel hair. Their gloss recalls The Christmas trees of childhood as he stands There singing in the dark carved wood of choir And stalls among...
by phillipw | Oct 17, 2019 | P, VE
Lucien Viotti, Arthur Rimbaud, and Lucien Létinois ‘armes lentes’ ~ Paul Verlaine Paul always was a child prodigy when It came to slow, slow tearfulness about Those ones he loved, especially young men. Paul specialized in slowed rubato pout When...
by phillipw | Oct 17, 2019 | LO
You Know Its Name Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The loveliest and brightest of the grand Ideals is stretched aloft — or hovers far above The skies. It is a queen with wings’ command....
by phillipw | Oct 17, 2019 | PE
Concordant Contradiction The patience that a peony requires Is like the quietness of petals bound In sleep through early spring. That calm inspires The mildest fragrances and colors found When waiting petals finally unfold On breezes later April breathes. Pastel...
by phillipw | Oct 17, 2019 | Ho
Hellhounds, Starve Spread wide are gates, the wider gates of sky And God’s horizon. White divinity Spreads out through widest doors. A sideways eye Looks outwards, waxing to infinity. No bolts exist now. Everything is spread So far that clouds cannot imperil. ...
by phillipw | Oct 17, 2019 | DE, MO
Meditation in Blue in Salisbury Cathedral How many deaths have been remembered here At Evensongs throughout the centuries? Dim Concordance in the form of music, tear, And candlelight is maybe only slim, But somehow harmony between them brings Us solace of...
