by phillipw | Oct 20, 2026 | AL, AR, DE, HA, TE
Permeable Realities, No Distinction, not Actually “And after that the dark!” ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson “Has crush’d thee here” ~ Charles Tennyson Turner, “On Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a Book” It seems sometimes that life and death break through Each other,...
by phillipw | Oct 2, 2026 | AL, BR, CH, DE, DI, GA, JE, LO, MI, MO
Paradiso and Inferno as Purgatorio Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You know that you have found the man when: Asphalt streets of dust before the rain Turn clear gold streets of God and you ban men Who do...
by phillipw | Sep 28, 2026 | AL, BA, GA, PE, SH
Golden Guys “sneer of cold command” Young Alexander conquers most of known Harsh kingdoms, harshly. Now we ask, “So what?” So what if his brutality has grown A realm that Ozymandias could not Have dreamed of? Each one was a clot of vile And vicious violence of...
by phillipw | Jul 30, 2026 | AL, TE
What God and Man Are Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Not blossoms in the crevice of a wall, Not spread of leaves or stems to hold blooms out, Not promise of some soil for root and all . . . Instead a...
by phillipw | Jun 14, 2026 | AL, SH, SU
Subterranean Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The cavern holds it chambers and its streams. The hallways compass night, a darker night Than night. The cave hides memories, daydreams, dreams And...
by phillipw | Jun 11, 2026 | AL, CA, RE
Water from a Universe Whole and Undivided Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The perfect utterance is what “soul” seeks, In epic, novel, sonnet, painting . . . art. We usually attain more pygmy peeks. We...
