by phillipw | Mar 5, 2020 | DO, TR
The Trees of Knowledge of Evil and Evil By USDA photo by Scott Bauer – United States Department of Agriculture, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44873...
by phillipw | Mar 5, 2020 | DR
Depths of Everlasting Springs Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem [This sonnet was written on St. Valentine’s Day, 2017, and finished the next day.] Love, life, and death—these seem the deepest...
by phillipw | Mar 5, 2020 | CH, DO, TR
Twittering among Bare Branches: No Cherry Blossoms along the Tidal Basin “Where have all the flowers gone?” There once were flowers. They came up as bright To nose and eye as if an angel bowed Above them giving off a fragrant...
by phillipw | Mar 4, 2020 | DO, TR
Onward, Forward, Shout Aloud Hosanna Forget the Holy of the Holies now. Think “Nastiness of Nasties” at the top. He’s picked the vilest ones to be the prow Of Good Yacht Nastiness, to be the crop Of all the rottenest of fruit to serve Us. Being vile and vile he has...
by phillipw | Mar 4, 2020 | DO, TR
Wearing a Triple Crown above America A menace rises like a tidal wave, A monster with the skin, blond hair and scales Of humanoid dragons from a cave Beneath the Dead Sea’s crust. Decency pales To superficiality of greed With gilt attempting to prevent our eyes From...
