by phillipw | Oct 7, 2024 | AR, FU, RO, WO
“Nor the moon by night” ~ Psalm 121 Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Please never interfere at night, God. Let The moon strike any time it wants. I need It. Keep the sun away, but, please, God get The...
by phillipw | Sep 7, 2024 | AR, BE, RE
Rimbaud Lived at 165 Kings Road in Reading, Berkshire, from August to December, 1874 Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Two times today he passed the mansion where A tamed down Arthur Rimbaud stayed up in...
by phillipw | Sep 1, 2024 | AR, Ho, LI, MO, PR, VO
The Lion-Man — 35,000 to 41,000 Years Ago Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When craft, religion, mind first made a part Non-human man, part lion in a cave’s Space, Ice Age times ago, this early art...
by phillipw | Aug 19, 2024 | AP, AR, DI, PO, Uncategorized
For TikTok, Instagram and Not . . . Eternity Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A buried sundial, buried in the ash Of Pompeii’s death, saw time not marked by sun For nearly two millennia. As trash In...
by phillipw | Aug 5, 2024 | AR, PE, PR, underarm hair
Prophetic Suppositions Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We have to guess if prophets ever wore perfume. They do not tell us if they did. Just where They dabbed it (if they did), within the plume...
by phillipw | Jul 23, 2024 | AR, UN, underarm hair
Sports as Warts Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I ruled out playing sports a while before I learned that they are bad and I was bad At them. Most other boys went out to score Two-second...
