by phillipw | Mar 30, 2025 | DR, OE, SU, UN
Inside Our Brains and Otherwise Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We lie in darkness with our souls agog, The midnight hours and those beyond, until We wake to ho hum stuff. We rise as mog And not as...
by phillipw | Mar 30, 2025 | CA, ME, TR
A Life As Though on Vellum Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem His life was filled with little monsters, not Much more, not cancer and no earthquake, no War. Monsters for this man were no more fraught With...
by phillipw | Mar 28, 2025 | TR
Those Who Speak Correctly Are Excommunicated Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The editors bring out the silence since They blow off beauty. And, yet, even worse They publish anti-beauty more like mince...
by phillipw | Mar 27, 2025 | AN
Hemlock Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The trees refuse to speak. At least they do Not speak our languages. Akkadian And Latin are rejected. As a clue They give us rings. Trees,...
by phillipw | Mar 27, 2025 | AN, OL, TR, YE
Wordlessness Allied with Pontius Pilate Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Fortingall Yew High priests of ancient wisdom keep your tongues In silence always. (Winds may make some sound Among your...