by phillipw | Mar 5, 2026 | BL, BU, CH, JE, PA, VI
That Hand Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I cannot understand why everyone Misunderstands that hand raised up, that palm Turned towards the viewer. Black and white keen nun Assumes that Jesus...
by phillipw | Feb 26, 2026 | AN, BA, BL, CA, EG
Karnak Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The cat communicates what cats can say From ancient Egypt onwards. Cats and men Rubbed, just as people pet their cats today. A hungry cat would rub again,...
by phillipw | Jan 13, 2026 | BL, LO, MO, MU, NI
Assignations Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Assign the fence to mockingbirds in love. Assign the limb to nightingales and moons, The sky to larks in spirals up above, The blackbird’s vapored song...
by phillipw | Dec 26, 2025 | AU, BL, WI
Reduced to Perfect Expansion — Grammar for Mystics Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It’s quite a trap, you know, this seeing of The universe contained within a grain Of sand, the sending of a thought above...
by phillipw | Dec 11, 2025 | BL, MY, WI
Reach Out and Touch The mystic cites a grain of sand. He means An emerald, cut, belonging to the New Jerusalem, implying all the greens That Christ created. Though the mystic knew Of sapphires and of diamonds, he chose To mean not blue; not purest of clarity; But...
by phillipw | Nov 28, 2025 | BL, Uncategorized, WI
Auguries of Sinnocence Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Hold on to grains of sand (through microscopes Or otherwise). Hold on to little things Because they are — and not mere mystic tropes In seers’...
