by phillipw | Aug 5, 2025 | CO, Uncategorized
The Pose of Truth If you desire some meaning for your life, Turn back to ancient Athens’ arts. Don’t seek for meaning in a man or wife. Don’t search for teachings in your children’s hearts. Explore through history all you want, and waste Your years...
by phillipw | Jul 17, 2025 | CO, FA, Uncategorized
Beside Our High Speed Highways; Pastures Ever Few The times when cows in pastures graze the green Of day and look about in calm not far From farm-house mornings are less seldom seen. We buzz past barns that hide the scar Of soul-less dairies, cows cooped up alone In...
by phillipw | Jul 16, 2025 | BA, CO, FA, GR, VE
Metallic Extrusion The barn sits red beneath a silvery roof And tries to call up memories of the time When it contained the gentle step of hoof Of soft-breathed cows, but modern farming crime Has jammed the cows in separate pens alone Except for cows...
by phillipw | Jun 15, 2025 | BE, CO, Uncategorized, YO
Travesty of Singing from the Stage Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Just screaming and then shouting—not like jazz Or any type of music—that is what We suffer. Gone are bourbon razzmatazz STREET MUSIC...
by phillipw | Jun 15, 2025 | CO, WO
Pseudo Homers and Pseudo William The beauty of the early haiku men, Of Basho, Buson, best of pioneers, Is their disciples followed them; true men Loved learning from these poets lacking peers, But devotees of Western poets failed To happen, not in masters’ times. ...
by phillipw | Apr 2, 2025 | bj, CO, FE, OR
Ambiflexual S/he licked the black hot dew from Jorge’s pits. He winced with warlock thrill inside his shaft, Especially its head. S/he pinched his tits, First right, then left. S/he felt the pulsing of the haft That held that head...
