by phillipw | Sep 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Leaden Jewels “When the half-gods go, The gods arrive.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Abandon the religion you were taught. It seemed like diamonds set in white gold rings, But now you see the truth. Some truths are not Religion if they lack...
by phillipw | Sep 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Like Us and Not Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The moon becomes its crescent shape, then full, Then phases back to crescent. In the day It disappears. The ocean feels its pull. The...
by phillipw | Sep 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Women Trapped in a Convex Volcanic Mirror Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Obsidian, a lump of ancient black, Is held against a woman’s palm. She grips Its roughness in her hand, its flesh quite...
by phillipw | Sep 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
Adoration Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I want the night to lose its blindness, take Its blindfold off for angels’ searing sight. I want a fissure caused by earth’s crust’s quake To...
by phillipw | Sep 21, 2024 | CH, ST, UN
Unconcern Separated by the Thickness of Hot Skin Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Your blood was always free of light for me. You kept your secrets utter in between The women. Bleeding like a maple tree...
