by phillipw | Jan 30, 2026 | ID, SA, SE
Idol, Slick Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The mist refuses to enhance the power Or beauty of the mountain or the hill. Their granite beauty is a gray, white tower Above such silliness. They hulk...
by phillipw | Jan 30, 2026 | PA, SY
Salvific Interdictions Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When colors are not colors but are notes And notes are not the pitches of a song; When shadows are not specters wearing coats Of transubstantiation...
by phillipw | Jan 29, 2026 | OX, PA, SU
More Sacred than Surrealism Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When sun and shadow blend and do not nix Each other; when the smile and frown are one; When symphonies are silence and their mix Is utter — and...
by phillipw | Jan 29, 2026 | DI, EM
Mother Superior Marries a Millefeuille Muse Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We do not have an image of her with Her smile. Perhaps this fact, sum zero fact, Has driven her vast anchoress-scene myth....
by phillipw | Jan 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Operative Sacred Language Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When God is speaking, it is like a stream Of rubies, pearls and emeralds spreading wide Beneath his crystal sea, its bed agleam With spirit...
