by phillipw | May 16, 2020 | DE, FA, JE, RO, TI
Jews Made the Roman Fire Attack Worse John Updike in Rabbit at Rest has a Floridian Jew sneer that the proof that the Jews are God’s chosen people is in the fact that He gave them such pathetic enemies. The Romans thought destruction of the Jews, Jerusalem, and their...
by phillipw | May 15, 2020 | DE
Buying Beauty for a Dying Woman He flies to Serenissima to buy Dark beauty for his dying wife. She sleeps Through nights and days now. Medicines are why Profound exhaustion governs. Tiredness creeps Through every artery and overwhelms Dense veins. The drugs are...
by phillipw | May 14, 2020 | CH, DE, GR, ST
Death’s Lepidoptera Sample Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem My face falls hard against the layered plush Cloth. Underneath is trapped his curly hair Inside a ziplock bag. My whiskers crush Themselves...
by phillipw | May 14, 2020 | DE
The Island of the Dead Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I sail to see the island of the dead. A stillness emanates from it across Its mist of waves. This quietude is spread...
by phillipw | May 14, 2020 | DE, PI, SW
Wonder Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If you had never seen a swan before And suddenly one glided into view, That instant would be like an open door To white and winged epiphany. The true...
by phillipw | May 13, 2020 | AU, DE
The Fall I think that I will be an autumn leaf In dying. I will turn to blowing red And glowing amber. Yellow’s autumn grief Will sublimate me like a glistening dread. October skies of vivifying blue And indigo November afternoons Will only serve to...
