by phillipw | May 24, 2025 | BR, FL, Uncategorized
Late Spring and Early Autumn Before palmettos flourish out in flower (In starburst blooms above the sand below), The coral-colored citrus has its hour In globes like giant orange pearls on show In Florida. They hardly seem to be Within the same dimension,...
by phillipw | May 23, 2025 | BU, EN, EY, SA, Ta, TR, Uncategorized, ZE
Zen and Lucas Samaras’s Inner Mirror Cube Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Note: If you step into this cube and the entry door is then closed, you will understand this sonnet… and perhaps much else about...
by phillipw | May 23, 2025 | RE, TR, Uncategorized
Confessions and Opium Cheaters Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The truth at last is what we always knew. Religions, riff raff earnestness, have tried To obfuscate that truth. Their priestly crew...
by phillipw | May 22, 2025 | MA
Youth Culture Influencers, or Homer, Sappho and Shakespeare? Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A poet does not matter in our time Because s/he turns out poetry instead Of soaps and mini-series crap—such...
by phillipw | May 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Lover Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A sword can never wound itself, but hair As beautiful as yours can wield a wound To you. It leaves you vulnerable. A snare Each time you see...
