by phillipw | Feb 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
Not as a River The seasons do not flow along as streams Or rivers. Seasons flow as rigid, straight As light. They move more smoothly than your dreams But like them turbulent as rapids late In nights, in nightmares. Streams are often swerved Like light through...
by phillipw | Feb 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
A Hike to the Ultimate Nowhere Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He walks alone along the “path,” well, route Since it is he who chooses how to make His way among the stones as if a scout To emptinesses...
by phillipw | Feb 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
Acetylene the Eyes Are Hell in Heaven Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Jim wonders if they see the two as one, One beauty. Blondness beauty sits beside Him in the café light on M Street, sun And gold this...
by phillipw | Feb 16, 2026 | PE
It Does Not Waver in the Penance Air Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Solemnity is what one wax flame holds. Although the light is solemn, it holds weight. The white of candle with the flame enfolds The...
by phillipw | Feb 15, 2026 | PA, SC, TR
The Several Are One Scam Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Two, you and I, are both too straight in mind To think like Buddha in the Eastern way, Conflating opposites as one. We blind Ones, Westerners,...
