Poetry. In this new collection, his ninth book of poetry, noted Los Angeles poet Dennis Phillips explores the temporal - an ever-shifting world in which meaning, like a palm full of sand, is made up of small particles constantly changing. Author of A WORLD and ARENA, both carried by SPD, Dennis Phillips teaches at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. There is rain at the horizon/ a chill but the moon, gibbous,/ is out of sight the tides severe/ and automatic. Or turn/ to remove this -from Formal Cornerings.