by phillipw | Aug 31, 2026 | CH, CR, DE, FA, RE
Needy Need as Doctrine “By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.” ~ Psalm 33:6 Imagine if you couldn’t think, as free As God, the classic God of Christian thought, As if there weren’t the high...
by phillipw | Aug 30, 2026 | MO
Mucus as Music Or Purgatorio Transposed to Torture Only Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Response to Thomas Adès “Purgatorio” When music has been mashed to noises made As only ugly sounds, yes, almost all...
by phillipw | Aug 30, 2026 | DO, FA, IM, RE, SO
Choking on Untruth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Although the holy ones insist that we Extend beyond our bodies and mere time, That we have SOULS and i…m…m…o…r…t…a…l…i…t…y, Such doctrines are factitious...
by phillipw | Aug 30, 2026 | ME, PS, TH
Yum Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You take the couch. The doctor draws out truth. Your truth turns out to be a universe Of hiding guts, your viscera, uncouth Like sewers clogged, a clot of devils,...
by phillipw | Aug 30, 2026 | KA, SU
Ink that Becomes Disappearing Calligraphic Letters Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Why waves are so distraught that they commit White suicides survives as mystery. What makes them angry as they hit the...
by phillipw | Aug 29, 2026 | EM, TR
The Divorce Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Sometimes he thinks that he has seen it, plump But in a dream he had so long ago That history seems quite short to him, a dump Forgotten long ago, a blackened...
by phillipw | Aug 29, 2026 | HU
Angels and Insects Intersect Bafflement Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Bing Videos Forget the angel choirs in heaven. They Are like cicadas ever singing — drill — Drill — DRILL— their fugue, but what...
by phillipw | Aug 29, 2026 | GH, HA, WR
Come Away, Come Away, Come Away Home Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The wraiths belong to staircase places, trapped, Cannot tread up or down. Wraiths’ steps are lost. The stairs are lost. No ghostly...
